| Vorwort der Herausgeber | 6 |
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| Acknowledgments | 8 |
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| Contents | 10 |
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| List of Tables | 12 |
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| List of Figures | 14 |
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| Table of Abbreviations | 16 |
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| 1 Introduction | 17 |
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| 2 Latin American Emerging Markets | 27 |
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| 2.1 Introduction | 27 |
| 2.2 The Latin American Emerging Markets under Study | 29 |
| 2.3 Previous Investigations of LAEM | 30 |
| 2.4 Risk Development in Latin American Emerging Countries | 31 |
| 2.5 Investment Law Index | 41 |
| 2.6 Conclusions | 52 |
| 3 An Index Methodology for Analyzing and Comparing the Development State and Trading Architecture of Stock Markets | 54 |
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| 3.1 Introduction | 54 |
| 3.2 Trading Costs across Latin American Stock Exchanges | 56 |
| 3.3 Development Indicators of the LAEM | 58 |
| 4 Univariate Portfolio Approach | 110 |
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| 4.1 Introduction | 110 |
| 4.2 Empirical Evidence | 112 |
| 4.3 Database | 116 |
| 4.4 Characteristics of the Analyzed Stock Markets | 119 |
| 4.5 Return Characteristics | 120 |
| 4.6 Methodology | 126 |
| 4.7 Results | 128 |
| 5 Regression Approach | 145 |
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| 5.1 Introduction | 145 |
| 5.2 Methodology | 147 |
| 5.3 Results | 152 |
| 5.4 Conclusions | 172 |
| 6 Conclusions | 174 |
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| References | 191 |
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| Appendixes | 203 |