Global Growth Opportunities and Market Integration

56 Pages Posted: 1 Jul 2004

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Geert Bekaert

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance

Campbell R. Harvey

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Christian T. Lundblad

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School; Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise

Stephan Siegel

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business; CESifo

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Date Written: June 2006

Abstract

We propose an exogenous measure of a country's growth opportunities by interacting the country's local industry mix with global price to earnings (PE) ratios. We find that these exogenous growth opportunities predict future changes in real GDP and investment in a large panel of countries. This relation is strongest in countries that have liberalized their capital accounts, equity markets, and banking systems. We also find that financial development, external finance dependence, and investor protection measures are much less important in aligning growth opportunities with growth than is capital market openness. Finally, we formulate new tests of market integration and segmentation by linking local and global PE ratios to relative economic growth.

Keywords: Growth Opportunities, Market Integration, Finance and Growth, Capital Allocation, Capital Account Openness, Financial Liberalization

JEL Classification: F30, F36, G15, O11, O57

Suggested Citation

Bekaert, Geert and Harvey, Campbell R. and Lundblad, Christian T. and Siegel, Stephan, Global Growth Opportunities and Market Integration (June 2006). EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 1697, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=559921 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.559921

Geert Bekaert

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance ( email )

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Campbell R. Harvey

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business ( email )

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Christian T. Lundblad

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School ( email )

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Stephan Siegel (Contact Author)

University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business ( email )

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