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Market reaction to the Russian Ukrainian war: a global analysis of the banking industry

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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the market reactions of the banking industry to the Russian–Ukraine war. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses an event study methodology, regression analyses and interaction effects to study the effect of the war on banks stock prices and analyze factors that explain the cumulative abnormal return. Findings – First, this study finds a significant decline of almost 1.5% in return on the war date. Similar patterns were observed for all continents, but Europe had the most severe drop of about 4%. Second, after excluding the contemporaneous influence of the whole market using the market model, global bank equities returns fell by about 1% on the war date, indicating that bank stocks were more severely impacted by the war than the average stock market. Net-of-market return approach further reveals that bank stock prices decreased 1.4% more on the event day compared to the prewar market average. Third, the impacts of the war and sanctions were persistent when the war continued. Banks stocks were most hit in Europe, Asia and North America. Originality/value – This paper pioneers the study of the effect of the Russia–Ukraine war on the banking industry. This paper also analyzes the reaction pattern of bank stocks before, during and after the war to explain the behavior and expectations of investors toward the war.


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Author(s): Boubaker S, Nguyen N, Trinh VQ, Vu T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Review of Accounting and Finance

Year: 2023

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

Pages: 123-153

Print publication date: 25/01/2023

Online publication date: 19/01/2023

Acceptance date: 21/12/2022

Date deposited: 03/02/2023

ISSN (print): 1475-7702

ISSN (electronic): 1758-7700

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-10-2022-0294

DOI: 10.1108/RAF-10-2022-0294

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/kvq4-8m74


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