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The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has feverish impact on the global stock market as well as Vietnam. We all know that that the first and severe impact of any medical pandemic is human suffering and the loss of lives. However, the rapid widespread of the Covid-19 together with no vaccine to prevent it at the moment has turn the medical pandemic into the financial pandemic. All firms are affected but not at the same level. This study therefore examines the reactions of almost all listed firms in Vietnam during three periods of the COVID-19 and try to figure out the impact of firm’s characteristics on the cumulative abnormal return.

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Table 6. Pearson correlation matrix

Variance inflation factor: The Beginning

 

VIF

1/VIF

car05

1.044

.958

roan

1.226

.816

size

1.258

.795

leverage

1.475

.678

Currentratio

1.434

.697

bv

1.174

.851

2.groupsector

5.87

.17

3.groupsector

7.32

.137

4.groupsector

4.246

.235

5.groupsector

3.075

.325

6.groupsector

13.187

.076

7.groupsector

2.196

.455

8.groupsector

9.8

.102

9.groupsector

6.924

.144

10.groupsector

4.846

.206

Mean VIF

4.338

 

Variance inflation factor: The Ongoing

 

VIF

1/VIF

car05

1.092

.916

roan

1.237

.808

size

1.23

.813

leverage

1.476

.677

Currentratio

1.446

.692

bv

1.175

.851

2.groupsector

5.937

.168

3.groupsector

7.401

.135

4.groupsector

4.306

.232

5.groupsector

3.071

.326

6.groupsector

13.407

.075

7.groupsector

2.242

.446

8.groupsector

9.882

.101

9.groupsector

6.935

.144

10.groupsector

4.845

.206

Mean VIF

4.379

 

Variance inflation factor: The Outbreak

 

VIF

1/VIF

car05

1.039

.962

roan

1.243

.804

size

1.233

.811

leverage

1.476

.677

Currentratio

1.434

.697

bv

1.18

.848

2.groupsector

5.888

.17

3.groupsector

7.328

.136

4.groupsector

4.26

.235

5.groupsector

3.071

.326

6.groupsector

13.204

.076

7.groupsector

2.205

.453

8.groupsector

9.811

.102

9.groupsector

6.905

.145

10.groupsector

4.837

.207

Mean VIF

4.341

 

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Tran, M.H., Tran, M. (2022). COVID-19: What is Going on with the Stock Market in Vietnam. In: Ngoc Thach, N., Ha, D.T., Trung, N.D., Kreinovich, V. (eds) Prediction and Causality in Econometrics and Related Topics. ECONVN 2021. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 983. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77094-5_42

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