tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post114104761497414714..comments2024-03-27T17:16:12.789+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: The Indian securities markets in 2005Ajay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-1141063371677967732006-02-27T23:32:00.000+05:302006-02-27T23:32:00.000+05:30also, there has been this hoopla over whether or n...also, there has been this hoopla over whether or not to allow short_trading_of_gsecs. Does economic theory take a standpoint on this? what'd 'efficiency' mean in this context?Ankur (THE consultant)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12116610700551596475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-1141057578734172402006-02-27T21:56:00.000+05:302006-02-27T21:56:00.000+05:30From the standpoint of an economist, does it reall...From the standpoint of an economist, does it really matter if a market is dominated by a certain kind of investors (like retail investors in India's case)? I've heard the argument about the lack of activity by some of the large institutional investors like insurance companies, pension funds (seen in other countries) in the Indian stock markets? If institutional investors like these step up their activity in the equity markets, will there necessarily be benefits (say for example better and quicker price discovery)?Free Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724960238076985720noreply@blogger.com