We construct a &&good government index'' to measure how well country j
protects private property rights. We denote this index g
j
, and include it in
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regressions of the form
Bj or Wj
"c
0
#c
1
logy
j
#c
2
logn
j
#c ) x
j
#c
3
g
j
#u
j
, (15)
where Bj and Wj are our logistically transformed price synchronicity variables,
y
j is per capita GDP, n
j is the number of listed stocks, x
j is a vector of economy
structural characteristics, and u
j is a random error term. If the good government
index is significant, and including it renders per capita GDP insignificant, we
have evidence that a lack of property rights protection underlies the high degree
of stock price synchronicity.
We construct a &&good government index'' to measure how well country jprotects private property rights. We denote this index gj, and include it inR. Morck et al. / Journal of Financial Economics 58 (2000) 215}260 241regressions of the formBj or Wj"c0#c1logyj#c2lognj#c ) xj#c3gj#uj, (15)where Bj and Wj are our logistically transformed price synchronicity variables,yj is per capita GDP, nj is the number of listed stocks, xj is a vector of economystructural characteristics, and uj is a random error term. If the good governmentindex is significant, and including it renders per capita GDP insignificant, wehave evidence that a lack of property rights protection underlies the high degreeof stock price synchronicity.
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