TY - BOOK AU - Lavelle,Kathryn C. TI - The politics of equity finance in emerging markets SN - 0195174097 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HG5993 .L38 2004 U1 - 332.63'22'091724 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Securities KW - Developing countries KW - Stock exchanges KW - Economic policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index; Politics and the extension of equity finance to emerging markets -- Equity finance in historical perspective -- Financing joint-stock companies in the colonial era -- New states, new state involvement -- Globalization without integration : international considerations -- Privatization and share supply in emerging markets -- Case studies of stock exchanges in regional perspective -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Asia and the Pacific -- Russia and Eastern Europe -- Africa and the Middle East -- Conclusion -- Stock markets in the global political economy N2 - Kathryn Lavelle explains in clear, succinct terms how national political processes lead to equity market growth, and how that growth affects the process of corporate governance - and why it sometimes fails to do so as governments maintain a continuing grip of firms (especially those formerlystate-owned). UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004004042.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004004042-d.html ER -