Is Regulation Essential to Stock Market Development? Going Public in London and Berlin, 1900-1913

Carsten Burhop, David Chambers and Brian Cheffins
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Carsten Burhop: University of Cologne
David Chambers: University of Cambridge
Brian Cheffins: University of Cambridge

No 10, Cologne Economic History papers from University of Cologne, Department of Economic and Business History

Abstract: This study of initial public offerings (IPOs) carried out on the Berlin and London stock exchanges between 1900 and 1913 casts doubt on the received �law and finance� wisdom that legally mandated investor protection is pivotal to the development of capital markets. IPOs that resulted in official quotations on the London Stock Exchange performed as well as Berlin IPOs despite the Berlin market being more extensively regulated than the laissez faire London market. Moreover, the IPO failure rate on these two stock markets was lower than it was with better regulated US IPOs later in the 20th century.

Keywords: Law and finance; initial public offering; regulation; investor protection; financial history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G14 G18 G24 G32 G38 K22 N23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2011-03, Revised 2011-03
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Published in Cologne Economic History Paper, 2011

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