A study published in 2005 by economists Geert Bekaert, Campbell Harvey, and Christian Lundblad found that when countries liberalize their stock markets, allowing them to operate freely without government intervention, economic growth rises by an average of one percentage point annually. The higher growth tends to be associated with an investment boom, which in turn seems to be propelled by the lower cost of capital for firms.
Geert Bekaert，Campbell Harvey和Christian Lundblad等经济学家在2005年发表的一份研究报告显示：当国家实现股市自由化、允许股市自由运行而不受政府干扰时，这个国家的经济增长就会以每年百分之一的速度递增。增长速度的加快应该受益于投资的繁荣，而投资繁荣则又似乎得益于企业低成本资金的推动。