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Performance and development of a thin stock market: the Stockholm Stock Exchange 1912–2017

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  • Rydqvist, Kristian
  • Guo, Rong

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We estimate historical stock returns for Swedish listed companies in a newly constructed data set of daily stock prices that spans more than 100 years. Stock returns exhibit all the familiar characteristics. The growth of the public sector depressed the stock market, and the process of globalization revitalized it. Banks played an important role in the early development of the stock market. There was little trading in the past, and we examine the effects on return measurement from missing data. Stock selection and the replacement of missing transaction prices through search back procedures or limit orders make little difference to a value-weighted stock price index, while ignoring the price effects of capital operations makes a big difference.

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  • Rydqvist, Kristian & Guo, Rong, 2021. "Performance and development of a thin stock market: the Stockholm Stock Exchange 1912–2017," Financial History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 26-44, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:fihrev:v:28:y:2021:i:1:p:26-44_2
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    1. Daniel Waldenström, 2021. "Wealth and History: An Update," CESifo Working Paper Series 9366, CESifo.
    2. McKeever, Daniel & Rydqvist, Kristian, 2022. "Tax-loss harvesting under uncertainty," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).

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