2017
Cairn
Gérard Charreaux, « Finance and Politics: Does the Stock Market Prefer the Left? », Revue d'économie financière, ID : 10670/1.2a52f6...
In the United States, stock market performance seems to be significantly higher when the Democrats are in power. Although tests are rarer, it seems that such a partisan premium also exists in France under the Left. The objective of this article is to verify whether the existence of such a premium is confirmed over the period 1981-2016 when the method used allows neutralizing the impact of the international conjuncture. The point of view is that of a US investor who manages an internationally diversified portfolio. The results confirm the existence of a partisan premium in favour of the Left.JEL Codes: E44, G11, G12, G15.