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Abstract
ABSTRACT This study examines for the first time the true impact of domestic pension funds investing in equities on the stock market development from a comprehensive perspective. Specifically, we analyse the influence of three pension fund variables (the portions of domestic equity pension funds over total pension funds assets and gross domestic product, and the pension fund return) on market size, liquidity, activity, growth, return and volatility in eight European stock markets, both in the short and long term. Our results show higher influence on the short term than in the long term. Pension funds impact positively on the short- and long-run market size, return and stability. Nonetheless, they only encourage short-term liquidity and activity, evidencing less frequent asset reallocation, consistent with the long-term nature of these instruments.
期刊介绍:
The Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting ( SJFA) is a quarterly academic journal founded in 1972. It aims to publish high quality research papers in accounting and finance. The scope of SJFA covers theoretical and empirical analysis relating to financial markets and institutions, corporate finance, market microstructure, corporate governance, internal and management accounting and a wide spectrum of financial performance and financial reporting, including auditing and public accounting. The Journal welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, and in particular, theoretical papers that yield novel testable implications and empirical papers that are theoretically well motivated. The journal is not a suitable outlet for highly abstract mathematical papers or empirical papers with inadequate theoretical motivation. All manuscripts that meet these editorial guidelines are blind reviewed by external reviewers. SJFA sponsors a periodic conference in which selected papers under review are presented and discussed by additional reviewers in order to increase the quality of the papers published in the journal. If accepted for publication, these selected articles are published in the Journal with a special distinction. The Journal welcomes replies and discussions to both published and forthcoming articles. These contributions, if accepted by the editors, may eventually be published jointly with a reply or comment by the authors of the original paper.