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Financial markets and the allocation of capital

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ID23317271
AuthorsJeffrey Wurgler (0000-0001-6552-281X, Yale University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume58
Issue1-2
Pages187-214
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Financial Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-405X • E-ISSN: 1879-2774
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0304-405x(00)00070-2
OpenAlexW3122685622
LanguageEN
Citations received83
References cited26

Financial markets appear to improve the allocation of capital. Across 65 countries, those with developed financial sectors increase investment more in their growing industries, and decrease investment more in their declining industries, than those with undeveloped financial sectors. The efficiency of capital allocation is negatively correlated with the extent of state ownership in the economy, positively correlated with the amount of firm-specific information in domestic stock returns, and positively correlated with the legal protection of minority investors. In particular, strong minority investor rights appear to curb overinvestment in declining industries.

Business · Capital (architecture) · Capital allocation line · Capital market · Corporate governance · Economics · Financial capital · Financial market · Financial system · Human capital · Investment (military) · Investor protection · Market economy · Monetary economics · Stock (firearms) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency · Corporate Finance and Governance · Finance · Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

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