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The Nontradable Share Reform in the Chinese Stock Market

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  • Beltratti, Andrea
  • Bortolotti, Bernardo

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Nontradable shares (NTS) are an unparalleled feature of the ownership structure of Chinese listed companies and represented a major hurdle to domestic financial market development. After some failed attempts, in 2005 the Chinese authorities have launched a structural reform program aiming at eliminating NTS. In this paper, we evaluate the stock price effects of the actual implementation of this reform in 368 firms. The NTS reform generated a statistically significant 8 percent positive abnormal return over the event window, adjusting prices for the compensation requested by tradable shareholders. Results are consistent with the expectation of improved economic fundamentals such as better corporate governance and enhanced liquidity.

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  • Beltratti, Andrea & Bortolotti, Bernardo, 2006. "The Nontradable Share Reform in the Chinese Stock Market," Privatisation Regulation Corporate Governance Working Papers 12203, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:feempr:12203
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.12203
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