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The Impact of COVID‐19 on Share Prices in the UK *
Author(s) -
Griffith Rachel,
Levell Peter,
Stroud Rebekah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
fiscal studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1475-5890
pISSN - 0143-5671
DOI - 10.1111/1475-5890.12226
Subject(s) - covid-19 , government (linguistics) , economics , stock (firearms) , stock exchange , share price , stock price , business , economic impact analysis , monetary economics , finance , geography , medicine , virology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , archaeology , pathology , series (stratigraphy) , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , microeconomics
Abstract The spread of COVID‐19, and international measures to contain it, are having a major impact on economic activity in the UK. In this paper, we describe how this impact has varied across industries, using data on share prices of firms listed on the London Stock Exchange, and how well targeted government support for workers and companies is in light of this.