There is a large body of literature stressing the importance of developing financial markets, including stock markets, to enhance countries' growth. I argue that the relationship between stock markets and growth is exaggerated and that the simple act of opening a formal stock market is not a...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that shadow economy can affect stock prices. The sample covers most industrialized world. Data are taken from Eurostat and (Schneider et al., 2010); (Schneider, 2013). The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible by means of the...