Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155263 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 101.2001
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Investor confidence is a necessary condition for the development of emerging markets. Investors recognize that since market-oriented reform policies may be reversed or hindered, they face the risk of ex post policy changes with redistributive impact on investment returns. We argue that a sustained privatization or liberalization program represents a major test of political commitment, and contributes to reduced policy risk. The evidence from our panel study suggests that progress in privatization gradually leads to increased confidence. Moreover, increased confidence has a strong effect on local market development and is a significant determinant of excess returns. We conclude that, just as financial liberalization, the resolution of policy risk resulting from successful privatization has been an important source for the broadening and deepening of emerging stock markets.
Subjects: 
International financial markets
privatisation
financial liberalization
JEL: 
G15
L33
F13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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