Corporate governance, corporate finance and stock markets in emerging countries

Singh, Ajit (2003): Corporate governance, corporate finance and stock markets in emerging countries. Published in: Journal of Corporate Law Studies , Vol. 3, No. 1 (April 2003): pp. 41-72.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the inter-relationship between corporate governance, financing of corporate growth and stock market development in emerging countries. It explores both theoretically and empirically the nature of the inter-relationships between these phenomena, as well their implications for economic policy. It concentrates on how corporate growth is financed, an area where the literature has identified important anomalies in relation to corporate behaviour and governance. The paper provides new information and analysis on this subject for the 1990s which it is shown leads to further anomalies from the perspective of extant economic theory. It also comments briefly on the recent research on the legal system, corporate laws, corporate governance and corporate performance. In considering the latter issues the paper examines more closely the evolution of the financing of corporate growth and of stock market development in the specific case of the Indian economy in the 1980s and 1990s.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Corporate governance; corporate finance; stock markets in emerging countries
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O16 - Financial Markets ; Saving and Capital Investment ; Corporate Finance and Governance; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A10 - General

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