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A castle built on sand: the effects of mass privatization on stock market creation in transition economies

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  • Fungáčová, Zuzana
  • Hanousek, Jan

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This paper deals with the relationship between mass privatization and stock market development in transition economies.The link is investigated empirically using a panel of data that includes most transition countries.Our results confirm the hypothesis that mass privatization exerted a negative influence on stock market functioning over the short and medium term.Further, it appears that stock markets in countries with mass privatization were initially perceived as mere byproducts of the privatization process.Such stock markets typically not only failed in their core mission of providing capital for the corporate sector, but generated negative investor sentiment and did little to catalyze economic growth.

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  • Fungáčová, Zuzana & Hanousek, Jan, 2006. "A castle built on sand: the effects of mass privatization on stock market creation in transition economies," BOFIT Discussion Papers 14/2006, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT).
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    Keywords

    privatization; mass privatization; emerging stock markets; stock market;
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    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • P34 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Finance

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