An Analysis of the Impact of Demutualization on Stock Market Liquidity
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Date
2014
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OMICS Publishing Group
Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of demutualization on stock market liquidity using annual data available from 24
demutualized and 26 mutual stock exchanges for the period 1990 to 2011. We use a panel data regression model to
examine the nature and significance of the relationship between stock exchange demutualization and two measures
of stock market liquidity (turnover rate and the value of volume traded relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The findings indicate that demutualized exchanges exhibit significantly greater liquidity compared to mutual
exchanges after controlling for age, size, trading technology, and level of economic development. We also observe
that, world-wide, the trend has been that automation of trading precedes demutualization, and that the time between
automation and demutualization has a positive but statistically insignificant effect on liquidity. The study is a
remarkable departure from the traditional focus on the exchange governance effects of demutualization.
Furthermore, it contributes to the literature on financial market development by documenting some of the key drivers
of stock market liquidity, which in itself is a widely acknowledged driver of economic growth.
Description
An Open Access Research Article
Keywords
Demutualization, Stock exchange, Liquidity, Automation
Citation
Nyangara, D. Mazviona, B. W. 2014.An Analysis of the Impact of Demutualization on Stock Market Liquidity. International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences 2014, 3:1