Stock market political cycles in a small, two-party democracy

Jared Cahan, Christopher Malone, John Powell and Udomsak Wong Choti

Applied Economics Letters, 2005, vol. 12, issue 12, 735-740

Abstract: Real stock market returns in New Zealand are lower when the left-leaning Labour party is in power than under National party governments, in contrast to the USA where returns are higher under Democratic presidents than under right-leaning Republicans. The difference in real stock market returns between National and Labour is not reversed even when account is taken of the effect of the US political cycle and returns on New Zealand. The results of the study therefore suggest that the presidential puzzle does not transfer directly to other countries with two similar party democracies.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850500192895

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