The rule of law variable is significant in three out of four specifications. It is not significant by itself but is significant at the 5% level when we also control for reserves. This coefficient implies that a one point better stock score on the rule of law index is associated with ten percentage points’ better stock market performance. The coefficient declines to just over seven and the significance level falls to 10% when we control for East Asia and when we include both the East Asia dummy and reserves.