Using a new data source on share price indices, this paper finds no evidence that the substantial variations in the reactions to the crash of October 1987 across countries are related to the structure of markets. However, trading halts and capital controls on residents may have moderated the...

We construct a comprehensive panel data of 96 publicly traded European utilities over the period 1994-2005 in order to study the relationship between the capital structure of regulated firms, regulated prices, and investments, and examine if and how this interaction is affected by ownership...