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. 2020 Sep 28;55:101335. doi: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101335

Table 3.

Johansen cointegration test for 11 different financial indices against 4 global outbreaks. Confidence levels of 90% (*), 95% (**) and 99% (***) for rejecting the null-hypothesis of no-cointegration.

Index Tests Outbreaks
COVID-19 EBOLA MERS SARS
Dow Jones Max-Eigen 43.75(***) 28.57(***) 53.05(***) 10.76
USA Trace 52.95(***) 35.97(***) 59.13(***) 16.74



S&P 500 Max-Eigen 42.26(***) 27.49(***) 54.77(***) 11.81
USA Trace 52.05(***) 36.88(***) 58.51(***) 11.81



Euro Stoxx Max-Eigen 32.86(***) 76.06(***) 58.14(***) 13.90(*)
Eurozone Trace 39.55(***) 79.95(***) 63.34(***) 19.27(*)



DAX Max-Eigen 33.08(***) 75.85(***) 56.99(***) 14.44(*)
Germany Trace 39.80(***) 79.98(***) 61.13(***) 18.93(*)



CAC Max-Eigen 34.49(***) 76.02(***) 54.23(***) 12.58
France Trace 41.09(***) 79.68(***) 59.45(***) 18.15(*)



Nikkei Max-Eigen 44.3(***) 75.53(***) 54.46(***) 20.35(***)
Japan Trace 50.3(***) 80.31(***) 57.29(***) 25.34(***)



HSI Max-Eigen 39.67(***) 77.82(***) 40.73(***) 26.38(***)
Hong Kong Trace 44.46(***) 81.51(***) 75.22(***) 36.39(***)



Kospi Max-Eigen 42.09(***) 74.02(***) 60.81(***) 10.21
South Korea Trace 48.75(***) 78.68(***) 66.28(***) 17.07



S&P ASX Max-Eigen 33.93(***) 74.63(***) 55.80(***) 13.57
Australia Trace 43.72(***) 79.68(***) 61.08(***) 21.82(**)



Nifty Max-Eigen 39.86(***) 79.54(***) 55.16(***) 18.02(**)
India Trace 46.40(***) 89.78(***) 60.37(***) 24.04(**)



Ibov Max-Eigen 39.19(***) 81.67(***) 58.16(***) 20.83(***)
Brazil Trace 45.52(***) 87.87(***) 65.15(***) 31.18(***)