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The aim of this paper is to explain why an efficient privatization policy should transit through stock markets. Indeed, in theory, this method can be considered as the best for several reasons: more justice, more equity, more transparency. Also, this modality has showed its ability to imply the majority of socioeconomic groups around, one of the less popular policies especially in the less developed countries. The analyses of the Tunisian case showed that restructuring of public companies (through the stock market) had created a dynamic in the financial market size, improved market performance, and an increase in the number of savers-investors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The equity premium puzzle is one of the most important phenomena in finance. Related to behavioral finance, we use the concept of Myopic Loss Aversion (MLA) to explain the puzzle in developed and emerging markets. Empirically, we support the robustness of the positive equity premium across the most developed and emerging markets before the subprime crisis. However, the equity premium becomes negative during the subprime crisis, except for the financial markets of Hong Kong, India and Tunisia. Using a simulation method, we find that myopic emerging and developed market investors evaluate their portfolios annually. Furthermore, the optimal stocks allocation by myopic loss-averse investors is higher in emerging markets than in the developed markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]