We use detailed data on stock portfolios of Norwegian households to show that stock market wealth increases entrepreneurship activity. Our research design isolates idiosyncratic, quasi-random variation in stock market returns. An increase in stock market wealth increases the propensity to start...

In the present paper it will be econometrically shown that economic freedom has a positive impact on share prices. Our data cover for the period 2000-2012 many countries of EU as well as Japan and the United States. Data are taken from Eurostat and World Economic Freedom Indicators. Eviews...

Given police abolitionism's new visibility after the 2020 racial justice protests, we assess stakeholder beliefs on the protests' stock impacts on police-affiliated firms. Experts generally underestimate the firms' stock gains, except situated experts like community organizers and police...

Stock markets perform a creation function if the inflow of financial capital in the birth of new privately-held firms is stimulated by the promise of stock market liquidity at a later point in time. Junior stock market segments, characterized by lighter listing procedures and costs, may be...

Tajikistan's outlook for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains challenging as it continues to recover from economic downturn. The SME sector is small but steadily growing in terms of value addition and share of total employment, although access to finance remains poor and financial...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that the level of confidence in EU institutions affects positively Stock Market prices. The sample covers many countries of the EU. Data are taken from Eurostat. The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible by means of the Eviews...