In this paper, we derive evidence on the integration of international stock markets from the cointegration properties of international stock market prices. Using the multivariate cointegration test of Johansen, we find that the set of six country stock price indices, including that of the United...

Using a carefully-constructed global dataset of family business groups, we show that group affiliation moderates corporate investment declines experienced in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. During this period, group internal capital market activity intensifies. The investment activity of group...