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The Influence of General Strikes on Stock Market Behavior

By | Social dialogue

Abstract

Using a sample of 76 countries, this paper examines the impact of major strikes against government and its policies on stock market behavior. An occurrence of a general strike is detrimental to the value of equities, as documented by the ceteris paribus 5.12% fall in dollar-denominated stock market indices of the affected countries. This event is also accompanied by a statistically significant increase in risk, as measured by the standard deviation of returns and Value-at-Risk metrics. Taken together, these results imply that investors should try to avoid investing in stock markets of countries where general strikes are likely to transpire.

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