The Global Stock Market

Dariusz Wójcik's research focuses on economic geography, corporate governance, and finance; he has written papers for the Journal of Economic Geography, Economic Geography, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, and Regional Studies. His previous book co-authored with Gordon L. Clark The Geography of Finance (OUP 2007) documents the emerging global market for corporate governance and its impact on European economies. His research has been reported in The Financial Times and The Financial News. Prior to his appointment as Lecturer at the School of Geography and the Environment and Fellow of St. Peter's College Oxford, he lectured at the University College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and worked as a consultant for KPMG. He holds an MSc in Geography from Jagiellonian University, an MSc in Economics from the Cracow Academy of Economics, an MSc in Banking and Finance from Stockholm University, and a D.Phil from Oxford University.

• 1. Introduction to the Map of the Global Stock Markets ; 2. Biased Listings: Proximity in Domestic Primary Markets ; 3. The Footprint of Foreign Listings: the Pursuit of Issuers from Emerging Markets ; 4. Biased Investors: Proximity in Secondary Markets ; 5. Investors under Pressure: New York, London, and Hong Kong in 2008-2009 ; 6. Embedded Stock Exchanges: Between Real and Virtual Space ; 7. Towards Global Stock Exchange Groups: Ownership and Location ; 8. Global Stock Markets Re-drawn: Stock Market Centres and their Future