On the Growth Effect of Stock Market Liberalizations

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Nandini Gupta

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

Kathy Yuan

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance

Date Written: November 1, 2009

Abstract

We investigate the effect of a stock market liberalization on industry growth in emerging markets. Consistent with the view that liberalization reduces financing constraints, we find that industries that are more externally dependent and face better growth opportunities grew faster following liberalization. However, this growth increase appears to come from an expansion in the size of existing firms rather than through the entry of financially constrained new firms. We show that following liberalization, new firm growth occurs in countries and industries with lower entry barriers. Hence, liberalization has a more uniform growth impact if accompanied by competition-enhancing reforms.

JEL Classification: E32, F30, F36, F43, G15, G18, G28

Suggested Citation

Gupta, Nandini and Yuan, Kathy Zhichao, On the Growth Effect of Stock Market Liberalizations (November 1, 2009). The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 11, pp. 4715-4752, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1519265 or http://dx.doi.org/hhp001

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