Property rights and competing for the affections of Demos: the impact of the 1867 Reform Act on stock prices
Property rights and competing for the affections of Demos: the impact of the 1867 Reform Act on stock prices
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产权与争夺民主党人的感情:1867 年改革法案对股票价格的影响
DOI:
10.1007/s11127-010-9719-1
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Turner J
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作者:
Turner J
The 1867 Reform Act in Britain extended the electoral franchise to the skilled but propertyless urban working classes. Using stock market data and exploiting the fact that foreign and domestic equities traded simultaneously on the London market, this paper finds that investors in British firms reacted negatively to the passage of this Act. We suggest that this finding is consistent with investors foreseeing future alterations of property rights arising from the pressure that the large newly enfranchised group would bring to bear on government policy. We also suggest that our findings appear to be more consistent with the Tory political competition explanation for the Act rather than the Whig threat-of-revolution explanation.
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022050709001405
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
The Journal of Economic History
影响因子:
--
作者:
Acheson G
通讯作者:
Acheson G
影响因子:
1
作者:
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通讯作者:
G. Himmelfarb
DOI:
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发表时间:
2000
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
E. Evans
DOI:
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发表时间:
2000
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
Charles R. Hickson;E. Thompson
通讯作者:
E. Thompson
DOI:
10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1287
发表时间:
2008-08
期刊:
The quarterly journal of economics
影响因子:
--
作者:
Miller G
通讯作者:
Miller G