The Global Spread of Stock Exchange, 1980-1998
dc.contributor.author | Weber, Klaus | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Gerald F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-08-01T16:26:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-08-01T16:26:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-10-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | RePEc:wdi:papers:2000-341 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/39725 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Nations opened local stock exchanges at a rapid pace during the late 1980s and 1990s, creating a channel for investment capital from wealthy industrial nations to "emerging markets" as well as a mechanism for institutional change in local economies. This study examines the local and global processes by which exchanges spread, examining all nations "at risk" during the 1980s and 1990s. We find that local factors influencing the creation of stock exchanges included the size of the economy (overall and relative to population size); the legacy of colonialism; and a recent transition to multi-party democracy. Global factors associated with creating exchanges included levels of prior investment by multinationals; IMF "structural adjustment" aid; centrality in trade flows; and regional "contagion." In contrast to prior work in financial economics, we find no evidence for the influence of legal tradition, and contrary to the implications of dependency theory, we find no sign that foreign capital penetration affects the creation of exchanges. We also find no consistent evidence for the influence of stock exchanges on inequality or human development at the national level, above and beyond their effect on economic and population growth. The results indicate that globalization is usefully construed as a process analogous to institutional diffusion at the organization level. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 341 | en_US |
dc.subject | Globalization, Contagion, Financial Markets | en_US |
dc.title | The Global Spread of Stock Exchange, 1980-1998 | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Business | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/39725/3/wp341.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | William Davidson Institute (WDI) - Working Papers |
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