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) |