Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57277 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3765
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We develop a model predicting two channels through which creditor protection enhances the performance of stock prices: (1) The probability of a liquidity crisis leading to a binding investment-finance constraint falls with a strong protection of creditors; (1) The stock prices under the investment-constrained regime increase with better protection of creditors. We find empirical support for both predictions using data on stock market performance, amount and cost of credit, and creditor rights protection for 52 countries over the period 1980-2008. In particular, we find that better creditor protection is correlated across countries with lower average stock market volatility, crises are more frequent in countries with poor creditor protection. Using propensity score matching we also show that during crises stock market returns and investment fall by more in countries with poor creditor protection.
Subjects: 
liquidity crisis
creditor protection
stock volatility
credit crunch
JEL: 
E44
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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