From Colonies to Capital: Legal Origins and Market Inefficiency

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Brief Overview

The study evaluates whether countries that have a history as a colony have stock markets that lack efficiency. The legal origins lit suggests multiple ways colonization still impacts developing countries, but none have analyzed this relationship.

Author

• Kelly Ann Corbiere, University of Southern Mississippi