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Domestic Capital Market Reform and Access to Global Finance: Making Markets Work

Authors: Henry, Peter
Lorentzen, Peter
Issue Date: Jan-2007
Publisher: Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law
Abstract: Contrary to the predictions of standard economic theory, capital market liberalization has been a mixed blessing for many countries. Liberalization of debt inflows exposes economies to the risk of crises stemming from sudden changes in investor sentiment. Equity market liberalizations, on the other hand, have promoted growth in almost every liberalizing country. Yet equity market liberalizations have not had as strong an effect as might be expected. To convince outsiders to invest, countries must put in place laws and supporting institutions to protect the rights of minority shareholders. Countries with such protections tend to have larger, more efficient, and more stable stock markets than those that do not.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/31385
Appears in Collections:Peter Henry's Collection

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