Citation

Discussion Paper Details

Please find the details for DP6658 in an easy to copy and paste format below:

Full Details   |   Bibliographic Reference

Full Details

Title: Creditor Protection, Contagion, and Stock Market Price Volatility

Author(s): Galina B Hale, Assaf Razin and Hui Tong

Publication Date: January 2008

Keyword(s): credit crunch, Probit estimation and Tobin q

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: We study a mechanism through which strong creditor protection affect positively the level, and negatively the volatility, of the aggregate stock market price. In a Tobin-q model with liquidity and productivity shocks, two channels are at work: (1) Creditor protection raises the stock value in a credit-constraint regime; (2) Creditor protection lowers the probability of the credit crunch. We confront the key predictions of the model to a panel of 40 countries over the period from 1984 to 2004. We find support to the hypothesis that creditor protection have a positive effect on the level, and a negative effect of the volatility, of stock prices, via the negative effect of the creditor protection on the probability of credit crunch.

For full details and related downloads, please visit: https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6658

Bibliographic Reference

Hale, G, Razin, A and Tong, H. 2008. 'Creditor Protection, Contagion, and Stock Market Price Volatility'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6658