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The European listing gap has no published time series, and the figure everyone quotes is a modelling assumption
| What is published | Value | What is not |
|---|---|---|
| Global flotation shares, 2021 | EU 11%, US 38%, China 18%, UK 4% | the annual counts behind them |
| European flotation proceeds | 0.9 per mille of output in 2015, 0.3 in 2020 | the American or British figures |
| Delistings since 2012 | more than doubled | any annual count |
| Listings over the same period | heavily outpaced by delistings | any figure |
| Number of listed companies | one anecdotal data point | any series |
| Market value as a share of output | not provided anywhere | everything |
From the Commission's 2022 impact assessment accompanying its listing reform package. The directional statements are in the text and the annual counts exist only inside two charts. The document reports no significance tests for any figure. The ubiquitous claim that European market value is some percentage of output against a higher American figure is unsupported by this source: the comparison is not in it.
The Commission's own impact assessment states European delistings have more than doubled since 2012 and puts the annual counts only inside a chart. Its widely quoted benefit figure is an assumption it makes, not a measurement.
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