Does deterioration in rule of law per se create or destroy value?
Katarzyna Byrka-Kita,
Mateusz Czerwiński,
Aurelia Bajerska
Abstract:We investigate the link between the rule of law and equity returns in post-transitional economies over the period January 2010–December 2020 by using panel data regressions. By applying several rule-of-law proxies for national legal frameworks and justice system quality as proxies for the rule-of-law principle, the data sets from the capital markets of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia showed that country-level judicial system quality is an important driver of company market performance, and that post-tra… Show more
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