The impact of COVID-19 on Ethereum returns and Ethereum market efficiency

IF 2.5 Q2 ECONOMICS

Eurasian Economic Review Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI:10.1007/s40822-024-00273-z

Naseem Al Rahahleh, Ahmed Al Qurashi

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Abstract

This paper aims to identify herding biases and assess the inefficiency of Ethereum using an inefficiency index (MLM). Additionally, it investigates the nonlinear dynamical properties of Ethereum by estimating the MFDFA, aiming to deduce the impact of COVID-19 on Ethereum’s performance. The paper also captures abnormal changes resulting from COVID-19-related events and assesses their influence on the Ethereum market response.

The empirical results show that Ethereum was multifractal before the pandemic and became less fractal in the period following the outbreak using Generalized Hurst Exponent (GHE) estimation. Based on the MLM measure of efficiency, we found Ethereum to be more efficient in the first phase of the pandemic than before it, and as in the Hausdorff topology, the pandemic reduced herd bias. The event study analysis took into account specific events related to the pandemic and showed that each led to significant abnormal returns in the Ethereum market. The results reported are used to empirically establish differences in the value of Ethereum before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results are useful in a general sense for traders, investors, and policy makers because they provide new information about market trading opportunities and social responses.

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COVID-19 对以太坊回报和以太坊市场效率的影响

本文旨在识别羊群偏差，并使用低效率指数（MLM）评估以太坊的低效率。此外，本文还通过估计 MFDFA 来研究以太坊的非线性动态特性，旨在推断 COVID-19 对以太坊性能的影响。实证结果表明，使用广义赫斯特指数（GHE）估计，以太坊在大流行之前是多分形的，而在疫情爆发后变得不那么分形。根据 MLM 的效率衡量标准，我们发现以太坊在大流行的第一阶段比之前更有效率，而且与 Hausdorff 拓扑一样，大流行减少了群体偏差。事件研究分析考虑了与大流行病相关的特定事件，结果表明每个事件都会导致以太坊市场出现显著的异常回报。所报告的结果用于根据经验确定 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间以太坊价值的差异。从一般意义上讲，这些结果对交易者、投资者和政策制定者都很有用，因为它们提供了有关市场交易机会和社会反应的新信息。

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