Confidence Building in Emerging Stock Markets

46 Pages Posted: 29 Nov 2001

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Luc Laeven

European Central Bank (ECB); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Enrico C. Perotti

University of Amsterdam - Finance Group; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: November 2001

Abstract

Investor confidence in reliable property rights and stable, market-oriented policies are a necessary condition for financial integration and the development of emerging stock markets. Announced market-oriented policies may be reversed, however, and are initially not fully credible. We argue that sustained privatization and liberalization programmes represent a major test of political commitment to safer private property rights. We investigate whether successful privatization has a significant effect on emerging stock market development through the resolution of policy risk, i.e. the risk of ex post policy changes with redistributive impact on investment returns. The evidence from our panel study suggests that progress in privatization gradually leads to increased confidence. Moreover, increased confidence has a strong effect on local market development and is a significant determinant of excess returns. We conclude that financial liberalization and the resolution of policy risk resulting from successful privatization has been an important source for the broadening and deepening of emerging stock markets.

Keywords: Financial integration, liberalization, stock market development, political risk, privatization, emerging market

JEL Classification: G31

Suggested Citation

Laeven, Luc A. and Perotti, Enrico C., Confidence Building in Emerging Stock Markets (November 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=291910

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