Investor protection and stock market development. Empirical approach on the European Union case

Marius Cristian Milos () and Laura Raisa Milos ()
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Marius Cristian Milos: PhD Candidate in Law, Faculty of Law, West University of Timisoara; Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Laura Raisa Milos: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 113-125

Abstract: A fundamental objective of stock market regulation is investor protection, which influences the stability and the degree of development of capital markets. We use eleven years (2006-2016) of panel data from the World Bank, on the evolution of minority shareholders' protection. This paper aims at understanding the connection between regulation and the development of capital markets, both for developed and emerging European Union countries. The results are consistent with some of the results from empirical research in law, demonstrating a positive link between investor protection and stock market development during the analyzed period, after controlling for other drivers of stock market development, such as GDP growth and level of taxation. The results outline the importance of stock market regulation, making clear that minority shareholder regulation and its enforcement should be further improved in the European Union member states.

Keywords: minority shareholder protection; regulation; stock market development; European Union; GMM system. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K20 K22 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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