Stock Market Liberalization and the Cost of Capital in Emerging Markets

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harjoat Singh Bhamra
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Stock Market Liberalization ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Stock market liberalization: implications on cost of capital in emerging Islamic countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-178
Author(s):  
Bilal İlhan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stock Market Development ◽  
Stock Market Liberalization ◽  
Islamic Countries

Purpose Most of the major Islamic countries’ stock exchanges have not been able to perform at the same pace with the major emerging countries’ stock exchanges since the mid of 1990s. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of stock market liberalization on cost of capital as one of the crucial driver to stock market development and physical investment growth in emerging Islamic countries. Design/methodology/approach This study employs static panel data techniques on the sample of seven emerging Islamic countries over the years 1989-2008. Findings The findings of this study suggest that stock market liberalization significantly reduces cost of capital in the stock markets of sample Islamic countries, which carries policy-oriented implications. Reduction in the cost of capital increases the number of exchange-traded companies, profitability of projects and aggregate investment level; therefore, the study findings are highly concerned by the economic policymakers, corporations and investors alike. Research limitations/implications In the literature, different proxies are employed to measure stock market liberalization and cost of capital as well. Due to data limitations, this study could not employ different proxies for both, especially for stock market liberalization, for robustness purpose. That limitation further restricted the coverage of Islamic stock markets and time period. Therefore, generalization of the study results for overall Islamic stock markets can be slightly drawn. Originality/value The paper provides further understanding regarding the effects of SML on cost of capital, thereby indirectly on the stock market development, in the context of EIC.

scholarly journals Stock Market Liberalization and Corporate Green Innovation: Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3412
Author(s):  
Yuming Zhang ◽  
Juanjuan Zhang ◽  
Zhang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Mechanism Analysis ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Securities Analysts ◽  
Stock Market Liberalization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Corporate green innovation is an effective way to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction. Enterprises’ willingness to pursue green innovation is increasingly affected by external factors. By using a quasi-natural experiment of China’s Stock Connect program, we investigate the impact of stock market liberalization on corporate green innovation. We find that stock market liberalization increases enterprises’ green innovation, especially for state-owned enterprises. We also find that stock market liberalization plays a stronger role in promoting the green invention patents of enterprises whose managers have overseas experience and enterprises in areas with a higher degree of openness. Our mechanism analysis suggests that stock market liberalization attracts the attention of securities analysts and increases managers’ focus on environmental protection, thereby promoting corporate green innovation. Our findings show that stock market liberalization plays an important role in the governance of firms’ non-financial behavior, which has important theoretical and practical implications.

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