Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a partial liberalization providing domestic and foreign investors mutual access to stock markets. This study analyzes post-liberalization short- and medium-term impacts on both local and foreign markets. Our results suggest that contrasting to the expectation of h...

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Main Authors: Bai, Ye, Yan Pang Chow, Darien
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46541/
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description Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a partial liberalization providing domestic and foreign investors mutual access to stock markets. This study analyzes post-liberalization short- and medium-term impacts on both local and foreign markets. Our results suggest that contrasting to the expectation of homogeneous mutual benefits, the implementation of the Connect have asymmetric impacts on mainland and Hong Kong stock markets. They are driven by the unbalanced developments of both markets. In the medium-term, we find increasing market liquidity and size but also increasing risk persistence and exposure to systematic risk, though the magnitude of changes vary between two markets.
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spelling nottingham-465412020-05-04T19:06:45Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46541/ Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets Bai, Ye Yan Pang Chow, Darien Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is a partial liberalization providing domestic and foreign investors mutual access to stock markets. This study analyzes post-liberalization short- and medium-term impacts on both local and foreign markets. Our results suggest that contrasting to the expectation of homogeneous mutual benefits, the implementation of the Connect have asymmetric impacts on mainland and Hong Kong stock markets. They are driven by the unbalanced developments of both markets. In the medium-term, we find increasing market liquidity and size but also increasing risk persistence and exposure to systematic risk, though the magnitude of changes vary between two markets. Elsevier 2017-09-14 Article PeerReviewed Bai, Ye and Yan Pang Chow, Darien (2017) Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 50 . pp. 182-203. ISSN 1042-4431 Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connection; Stock market liberalization; Event study https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.006 doi:10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.006 doi:10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.006
spellingShingle Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connection; Stock market liberalization; Event study
Bai, Ye
Yan Pang Chow, Darien
Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title_full Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title_fullStr Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title_full_unstemmed Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title_short Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect: an analysis of Chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
title_sort shanghai-hong kong stock connect: an analysis of chinese partial stock market liberalization impact on the local and foreign markets
topic Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connection; Stock market liberalization; Event study
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