Partisan policy promises and sector-specific stock-market performance: evidence from Mexico’s 2006 presidential campaign

Benton Allyson Lucinda ()
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Benton Allyson Lucinda: División de Estudios Políticos, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Colonia Lomas de Santa Fé, México DF 01210, México

Business and Politics, 2013, vol. 15, issue 2, 187-215

Abstract: Scholars have long held that partisan politics cause aggregate-level fluctuations in markets. However, if investors hold different policy preferences, the effects of election campaigns on their behavior should be more nuanced. In particular, investors in economic sectors benefiting from neo-liberal economic policies might respond favorably to gains in support by right-leaning candidates, whereas those expected to profit from state-led economic development might react favorably to gains by left-leaning contenders. To test these propositions, I examine stock market performance by economic sector during Mexico’s 2006 presidential race. Statistical analysis of pre-election polls and stock market returns during the campaign reveals that, although investors did not react to potential partisan policy change in the ways originally expected, they did respond to polling news differently by economic sector. The findings demonstrate the importance of disaggregating stock, bond, and currency markets according to economic criteria, and thus the limitations of aggregate level analysis for research on politics and markets.

Date: 2013
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