The Internationalization of China’s Equity Markets

Juan J. Cortina (), Maria Soledad Martinez Peria (), Sergio Schmukler and Jasmine Xiao ()
Additional contact information
Juan J. Cortina: World Bank
Maria Soledad Martinez Peria: IMF
Jasmine Xiao: University of Notre Dame

IMF Economic Review, 2024, vol. 72, issue 2, No 2, 554-610

Abstract: Abstract The internationalization of China’s equity markets started in the early 2000s but accelerated after 2012, when Chinese firms’ shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen gradually became available to international investors. This paper documents the effects of the post-2012 internationalization events by comparing the evolution of equity financing and investment activities for (i) domestic listed firms relative to firms that already had access to international investors and (ii) domestic listed firms that were directly connected to international markets relative to those that were not. The paper shows significant increases in financial and investment activities for domestic listed firms and connected firms, with sizable aggregate effects. The evidence also suggests that the rise in firms’ equity issuances was primarily and initially financed by domestic investors. Foreign ownership of Chinese firms increased once the locally issued shares became part of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index in 2018.

Keywords: Equity financing; Equity issuance activity; Equity market liberalization; Firm investment; Foreign investors; International investors; Stock Connect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F33 G00 G01 G15 G21 G23 G31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1057/s41308-023-00207-w Abstract (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
Working Paper: The Internationalization of China's Equity Markets (2023)
Working Paper: The Internationalization of China’s Equity Markets (2023)
Working Paper: The Internationalization of China’s Equity Markets (2023)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:imfecr:v:72:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1057_s41308-023-00207-w

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer. ... cs/journal/41308/PS2

DOI: 10.1057/s41308-023-00207-w

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in IMF Economic Review from Palgrave Macmillan, International Monetary Fund
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().