A New Index for Measuring Uncertainty Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

A New Index for Measuring Uncertainty Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study contributes to the emerging literature offering alternative measures of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We combine both news-and macro-based trends to construct an index. The former involves the use of Google trends with plausible variants of words used to capture the pandemic,...

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Main Authors: Afees A. Salisu, Ahamuefula E. Ogbonna, Tirimisiyu F. Oloko, Idris A. Adediran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
COVID-19 pandemic
common correlated effects
heterogeneous panel
uncertainty
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/6/3212

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