Hale, Galina. <br/><br/>
Institutional Weakness and Stock Price Volatility / 
Galina Hale, Assaf Razin, Hui Tong. 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  National Bureau of Economic Research  2006. 
 - 1 online resource:  illustrations (black and white); 
 - NBER working paper series  no. w12127 .
 - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)  no. w12127. .
<br/><br/> March 2006. 
<br/><br/> We find an empirical regularity that stronger creditor protection reduces the volatility of stock market prices. We analyze two distinct mechanisms that characterize equity price volatility: government guarantees and creditor protection. Using a Tobin q model, we demonstrate that weak creditor protection that gives rise to government guarantees and tightens credit constraints, increases stock price volatility.  Empirically, accounting for the probability of financial crises, we find that government guarantees and weak institutions that tighten credit constraints increase aggregated stock price volatility. 
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