Privatization and Stock Market Liquidity
Data
01.01.2002
01.01.2002
Autori
Bernardo Bortolotti, Frank De Jong, Giovanna Nicodano, Ibolya Schindele
Codice JEL
L33,G14
L33,G14
Parole chiave:
Privatization,Financial Market Development
Privatization,Financial Market Development
Publisher
Economy and Society
Economy and Society
Editor
Fausto Panunzi
Fausto Panunzi
Share issue privatization – i.e. privatization on public equity markets – is often claimed to foster stock market development. In this paper, we provide an empirical assessment of this claim, testing the role of privatization on two market liquidity measures in a panel with monthly data of 19 developed economies. Privatization is shown to be key in improving domestic stock market liquidity, controlling for other economic, financial and institutional determinants. Results do not appear to be driven by reverse causality or non-stationarity of the data.