Measures Of Equity Home Bias Puzzle

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Measures Of Equity Home Bias Puzzle

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Author : Anil V. Mishra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Measures Of Equity Home Bias Puzzle written by Anil V. Mishra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.

The paper develops measures of home bias for 46 countries over the period 2001 to 2011 by employing various models: International Capital Asset Pricing Model (ICAPM), Mean-Variance, Minimum-Variance, Bayes-Stein, Bayesian and Multi-Prior. ICAPM country portfolio weights are computed relative to world market capitalization. Bayesian model allows for various degrees of mis-trust in the ICAPM and Multi-Prior model's investors' ambiguity aversion. Mean-Variance computes optimal weights by sample estimates of mean and covariance matrix of sample return and Bayes-Stein improves precision associated with estimating the expected return of each asset. Paper finds that, for few countries, there is not much change in home bias measures using various models. Foreign listing, idiosyncratic risk, beta, inflation, natural resources rents, size, global financial crisis and institutional quality have significant impact on home bias. There are policy implications associated with home bias.

The Equity Home Bias Puzzle

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Author : Ian Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-12-01

The Equity Home Bias Puzzle written by Ian Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.

After an introduction, this book defines the equity home bias puzzle and explains why it is important. It also reviews the two main methods used to quantify equity home bias, the positive and normative approaches, and shows how alternative home bias measures can be constructed using variations or combinations of these two methods.

Home Bias In International Equity Portfolios

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Author : Piet Sercu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Home Bias In International Equity Portfolios written by Piet Sercu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.

Model Uncertainty Financial Market Integration And The Home Bias Puzzle

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Author : Lieven Baele
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Model Uncertainty Financial Market Integration And The Home Bias Puzzle written by Lieven Baele and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.

This paper investigates to what extent ongoing integration has eroded the equity home bias. To measure home bias, we compare observed foreign asset holdings of 25 markets with optimal portfolio weights obtained from 5 benchmark models. The International CAPM optimal weights equal the relative world market capitalization shares. Alternative models that allow for various degrees of mistrust in the I-CAPM and involve returns data in computing optimal weights indicate a substantially lower yet positive home bias. For many countries, home bias decreases sharply at the end of the 1990s, a development which we link to time-varying globalization and regional integration.

Equity Home Bias

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Author : Adam Hantak
language : en
Publisher: diplom.de
Release Date : 2011-10-20

Equity Home Bias written by Adam Hantak and has been published by diplom.de this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Business & Economics categories.

Inhaltsangabe:Introduction: Every investor faces the challenge of making the right investment decisions. Upon analysing the allocation of wealth among countries, it becomes evident that investors do not invest their financial wealth internationally, but tend to invest the majority of their wealth in domestic equity. Financial theory deems this behaviour irrational, since holding a domestic portfolio is considered to be suboptimal due to the foregone benefits of international diversification. Assuming that the financial theory is right in this prediction, the question as to what are the causes for this irrational behaviour comes to mind and forms the focal point of this work. One the one hand, investors may be well aware of the costs connected with holding a domestic portfolio. Market restrictions, however, do not allow investors to attain the optimal international portfolio. On the other hand, investors may be unaware of the benefits of international diversification, and instead have a preference for domestic equity and fail to perceive the domestic portfolio as suboptimal. The traditional financial theory for this behaviour provides the institutional explanations with the focus on market imperfections and the behavioural financial theory provides explanations with the focus on investor irrationality. Following this classification of both theories, this work briefly reviews institutional explanations, as many of them lack empirical evidence and concentrates mainly on the behavioural explanations, as they are the focal point of current research and find wide empirical support. After defining equity home bias and related concepts in Chapter 2, the costs of equity home bias are discussed in Chapter 3. In Chapter 4, institutional explanations are considered. Section 4.1 reviews briefly a number of older institutional explanations, such as direct investment barriers, transactions costs and taxes, as they do not find much empirical support. Section 4.2 explores in more detail an explanation based on information asymmetry, as it may at least partially contribute to the solution of the home bias problem. With the emergence and acceptance of behavioural finance new explanations based on irrationality of investors were advanced and are presented in Chapter 5. Section 5.1 explores optimistic expectations about domestic markets as one of the early behavioural explanations. Section 5.2 deals with the competence hypothesis and creates a foundation for the [...]

Portfolio Preferences Of Foreign Institutional Investors

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Author : Reena Aggarwal
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2003

Portfolio Preferences Of Foreign Institutional Investors written by Reena Aggarwal and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Foreign exchange categories.

Equity Home Bias In International Finance

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Author : Kavous Ardalan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-17

Equity Home Bias In International Finance written by Kavous Ardalan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-17 with Business & Economics categories.

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle – that people overinvest in domestic stocks relative to the theoretically optimal investment portfolio. It introduces place attachment – the bonding that occurs between individuals and their meaningful environments – as a new explanation for equity home bias, and presents a philosophically multi-paradigmatic view of place attachment. For the first time, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the extant literature is provided, demonstrating that place attachment is a contributing factor to 22 different topics in which variations of home bias are present. The author also analyses the social-psychological underpinnings of place attachment, and considers the effect of multi-culturalism on the future of equity home bias. The book’s unique approach discusses the issues in conceptual terms rather than through data and statistical methods. This multi- and inter-disciplinary book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers interested in economics, finance, philosophy, and/or methodology, introducing them to a new line of research.

International Capital Flows

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Author : Martin Feldstein
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-12-01

International Capital Flows written by Martin Feldstein and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.

Recent changes in technology, along with the opening up of many regions previously closed to investment, have led to explosive growth in the international movement of capital. Flows from foreign direct investment and debt and equity financing can bring countries substantial gains by augmenting local savings and by improving technology and incentives. Investing companies acquire market access, lower cost inputs, and opportunities for profitable introductions of production methods in the countries where they invest. But, as was underscored recently by the economic and financial crises in several Asian countries, capital flows can also bring risks. Although there is no simple explanation of the currency crisis in Asia, it is clear that fixed exchange rates and chronic deficits increased the likelihood of a breakdown. Similarly, during the 1970s, the United States and other industrial countries loaned OPEC surpluses to borrowers in Latin America. But when the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates to control soaring inflation, the result was a widespread debt moratorium in Latin America as many countries throughout the region struggled to pay the high interest on their foreign loans. International Capital Flows contains recent work by eminent scholars and practitioners on the experience of capital flows to Latin America, Asia, and eastern Europe. These papers discuss the role of banks, equity markets, and foreign direct investment in international capital flows, and the risks that investors and others face with these transactions. By focusing on capital flows' productivity and determinants, and the policy issues they raise, this collection is a valuable resource for economists, policymakers, and financial market participants.

Do Nontraded Goods Explain The Home Bias Puzzle

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Author : Paolo A. Pesenti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Do Nontraded Goods Explain The Home Bias Puzzle written by Paolo A. Pesenti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Capital movements categories.

Interpretations of the home bias puzzle in international finance have fre- quently focused on the role of fluctuations in domestic nontraded output, through their effects on the marginal utility of tradables consumption. This paper assesses the empirical evidence of this aproach, by deriving an explicit solution for the optimal international portfolio and applying the model to a set of fourteen OECD countries. Computing asset returns according to a `fundamentals' approach, it is possible to account for an average gap of no more than 10-15 percantage points between estimated domestic ownership shares and domestic shares under full diversification. When stock-market data are directly used, the predicted coefficient of home bias shrinks to 3%.

Perspectives On The Economics Of Aging

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Author : David A. Wise
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2004-07-10

Perspectives On The Economics Of Aging written by David A. Wise and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-10 with Business & Economics categories.

This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the United States over the past few decades, contributors to the volume point to a dramatic shift from employer-managed, defined benefit pensions to employee-controlled retirement savings plans. Further, the legislative reforms of the 1980s and the booming stock market of the 1990s did their share to influence individual wealth accumulation patterns of Americans. These studies also explore the relationship between health status and economic status. Considering issues like pension income and health, mortality, and medical care, contributors present evidence from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Russia. The volume culminates with wide-ranging discussions on a number of key topics in the field including the innovations that have contributed to a decline in mortality rates; the various medical advances that have benefited populations over time; and the determinants of expenditures on health. The findings with regard to cross-sectional differences in health outcomes and health care utilization also pose troubling questions for policymakers seeking to democratize health care across regions and races.