Dependent Variables

Call Bid-Ask Spread

(42)

(43)

(44)

Put Bid-Ask Spread

(45)

(46)

(47)

Volume

Open Interest

Implied Volatility

Independent Variables

GDP

2.58e−11**

2.75e−11

(1.02e−11)

(9.91e−11)

GDP per capita

0

(omitted)

Unemployment (%)

0

−0.7662562***

(omitted)

(0.3359713)

Log (Population)

0

(omitted)

Public Debt % Of GDP

0

−0.7662562**

(omitted)

(0.3359713)

Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)

0

(omitted)

Inflation (%)

−4.36E08***

(−3.01)

Economic Freedom

0

(omitted)

Interest Rates (Gov Bonds) 10 Year

−3,019,439

(5,492,788)

Freedom from Corruption

−6,518,908

(1,924,076)

Fiscal Freedom

−1,127,562

(2,980,506)

Business Freedom

−1,157,423

(5,866,613)

Investment Freedom

2,181,582

(8,452,077)

Income Tax Rate (%)

−1,543,544

0.1981062

(3,889,122)

(0.0698957)

Corporate Tax Rate (%)

−1,077,862

(8,128,698)

Financial Freedom

2,967,133

(6,762,979)

Market Capitalization of Listed Domestic Companies

8.50e−11***

2.93e−11

(2.09e−11)

(1.63e−10)

S&P Global Equity Indices (Annual % Change)

−0.4178227

(1062312)

Stocks Traded, Turnover Ratio of Domestic Shares (%)

−8.30e−12

−0.2902138

−0.1384774

(2.89e−10)

(0.118074)

(0.1089451)

Stocks Traded, Total Value

−0.0127623

7596598

0

(1,712,933)

(3195719)

(omitted)

1 Period Lag

−0.1829259

−0.6810598*

−0.6853292

−0.2902138**

(0.1194675)

(0.3904195)

(0.7003205)

(0.1180744)

Constant

−6,844,873***

−2,372,856

0

7596598

(218,304)

(3,422,292)

(omitted)

(31.95719)