“…They find that the impact of COVID-19 varies across different industries, ownership structure, and firm size. Shen, Fu, Pan, Yu, and Chen (2020) and Xiong, Wu, Hou, and Zhang (2020) examine the reaction of Chinese listed stocks to the lockdown in Wuhan due to the COVID-19 outbreak and find that the impact varies across different industries, firm size, profitability, growth opportunity, leverage, and fixed assets. They also find that the negative impact of COVID-19 on firm performance is more pronounced in China’s regions with high confirmed cases of COVID-19 and specific industries that were adversely affected by COVID-19.…”