The Equity Home Bias Puzzle

Author : Ian Cooper,Piet Sercu,Rosanne Vanpée
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : International finance
ISBN : 1601987633

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The Equity Home Bias Puzzle by Ian Cooper,Piet Sercu,Rosanne Vanpée Pdf

Home bias - the empirical phenomenon that investors assign anomalously high weights to their own domestic assets - has puzzled academics for decades: financial theory predicts that an internationally well diversified portfolio of stocks and short-term bonds can reduce risk significantly without affecting expected return. Although the globalization of international equity markets has increased international investments, equity portfolios remain severely home biased today, and no single explanation seems to solve the puzzle completely. In this paper, we first provide a thorough description of the equity home bias phenomenon by defining, discussing, and applying the competing measures and presenting some estimates of the costs of under-diversification. Second, we evaluate the explanations for the equity home bias proposed in the literature such as information asymmetries, behavioral aspects, barriers to foreign investment, and governance issues, and conclude that each explanation on its own falls short, suggesting that the equity home bias probably reflects a combination of factors. Lastly, we review the implications of international under-diversification for portfolio formation and the cost of capital of companies.

Author : Ian Cooper,Piet Sercu,Rosanne Vanpee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1601987625

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The Equity Home Bias Puzzle by Ian Cooper,Piet Sercu,Rosanne Vanpee Pdf

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.

Author : Kavous Ardalan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000008272

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Equity Home Bias in International Finance by Kavous Ardalan Pdf

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.

Author : Kavous Ardalan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000001433

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Equity Home Bias in International Finance by Kavous Ardalan Pdf

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.

Author : Colin Gilligan,Kavous Ardalan,William Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415004403

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Equity Home Bias in International Finance by Colin Gilligan,Kavous Ardalan,William Richardson Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the equity home bias puzzle. It introduces "place attachment" as a new explanation for the "equity home bias" puzzle and looks to the future of place attachment and its effect on home bias. For the first time, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the extant literature is provided. The author presents a philosophically multi-paradigmatic view of "place attachment" - the bonding that occurs between individuals and their meaningful environments. Offering an overview of the literature on 22 different topics in which variations of "home bias" are present, the author demonstrates that place attachment is a contributing factor to all of these. Finally, the author 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 using data and statistical methods. This book is both multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary, and therefore, it is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers who are interested in economics, finance, philosophy, and/or methodology, introducing them to a new line of research.

Author : Adam Hantak
Publisher : diplom.de
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783842821538

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Equity Home Bias by Adam Hantak Pdf

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 [...]

Author : Thorsten Hens,Marc Oliver Rieger,Mei Wang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811221965

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Cultural Finance: A World Map Of Risk, Time And Money by Thorsten Hens,Marc Oliver Rieger,Mei Wang Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of cultural finance. It summarizes research results of cultural differences in financial decision making and financial markets. Many of the results have been published in leading academic journals over the last ten years but some are presented here for the first time. The book is based on an international survey on risk and time preferences — the INTRA study, conducted in 53 countries worldwide. Applications to financial markets include the equity premium puzzle, the value premium, dividend payout policies and asset allocations.

Author : Kenneth A. Reinert,Ramkishen S. Rajan,Amy Joycelyn Glass,Lewis S. Davis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1329 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400830404

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The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy. (Two volume set) by Kenneth A. Reinert,Ramkishen S. Rajan,Amy Joycelyn Glass,Lewis S. Davis Pdf

An essential reference to all facets of the world economy Increasing economic globalization has made understanding the world economy more important than ever. From trade agreements to offshore outsourcing to foreign aid, this two-volume encyclopedia explains the key elements of the world economy and provides a first step to further research for students and scholars in public policy, international studies, business, and the broader social sciences, as well as for economic policy professionals. Written by an international team of contributors, this comprehensive reference includes more than 300 up-to-date entries covering a wide range of topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic development. These topics include concepts and principles, models and theory, institutions and agreements, policies and instruments, analysis and tools, and sectors and special issues. Each entry includes cross-references and a list of sources for further reading and research. Complete with an index and a table of contents that groups entries by topic, The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy is an essential resource for anyone who needs to better understand the global economy. More than 300 alphabetically arranged articles on topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic development International team of contributors Annotated list of further reading with each article Topical list of entries Full index and cross-references Entry categories and sample topics: Concepts and principles: globalization, anti-globalization, fair trade, foreign direct investment, international migration, economic development, multinational enterprises Models and theory: Heckscher-Ohlin model, internalization theory, New Trade Theory, North-South trade, Triffin dilemma Institutions and agreements: European Union, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, World Bank, Doha Round, international investment agreements Policies and instruments: dollar standard, international aid, sanctions, tariffs Analysis and tools: exchange rate forecasting, effective protection, monetary policy rules Sectors and special issues: child labor, corporate governance, the digital divide, health and globalization, illegal drugs trade, petroleum, steel

Author : Sven Blank,Mathias Hoffmann,Moritz A. Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1183027711

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Equity Home Bias Puzzle by Sven Blank,Mathias Hoffmann,Moritz A. Roth Pdf

Author : Lucio Sarno,Mark P. Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
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Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139435048

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The Economics of Exchange Rates by Lucio Sarno,Mark P. Taylor Pdf

In the last few decades exchange rate economics has seen a number of developments, with substantial contributions to both the theory and empirics of exchange rate determination. Important developments in econometrics and the increasingly large availability of high-quality data have also been responsible for stimulating the large amount of empirical work on exchange rates in this period. Nonetheless, while our understanding of exchange rates has significantly improved, a number of challenges and open questions remain in the exchange rate debate, enhanced by events including the launch of the Euro and the large number of recent currency crises. This volume provides a selective coverage of the literature on exchange rates, focusing on developments from within the last fifteen years. Clear explanations of theories are offered, alongside an appraisal of the literature and suggestions for further research and analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780123978783

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Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability by Anonim Pdf

Political and social forces exert pressure on our globalized economy in many forms, from formal and informal policies to financial theories and technical models. Our efforts to shape and direct these forces to preserve financial stability reveal much about the ways we perceive the financial economy. The Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability examines our political economy, particularly the ways in which these forces inhabit our institutions, strategies, and tactics. As economies expand and contract, these forces also determine the ways we supervise and regulate. This high-level examination of the global political economy includes articles about specific countries, crises, and international systems as well as broad articles about major concepts and trends. Substantial articles by top scholars sets this volume apart from other information sources Diverse international perspectives result in new opportunities for analysis and research Rapidly developing subjects will interest readers well into the future

Author : Piotr Pachura
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 294 pages
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Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789533073842

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The Systemic Dimension of Globalization by Piotr Pachura Pdf

Today science is moving in the direction of synthesis of the achievements of various academic disciplines. The idea to prepare and present to the international academic milieu, a multidimensional approach to globalization phenomenon is an ambitious undertaking. The book The Systemic Dimension of Globalization consists of 14 chapters divided into three sections: Globalization and Complex Systems; Globalization and Social Systems; Globalization and Natural Systems. The Authors of respective chapters represent a great diversity of disciplines and methodological approaches as well as a variety of academic culture. This is the value of this book and this merit will be appreciated by a global community of scholars.

Author : G. Andrew Karolyi
Publisher : Financial Management Associati
Page : 313 pages
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Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199336623

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Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma by G. Andrew Karolyi Pdf

In Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma, emerging markets expert Andrew Karolyi outlines a practical strategy for evaluating the opportunities and-more importantly-the risks of investing in emerging markets. Karolyi's proposed system evaluates multiple dimensions of the potential risks faced by prospective investors. These categories of risk reflect the uneven quality or fragility of the various institutions designed to assure integrity in capital markets-political stability, corporate opacity, limits placed on foreign investors, and more. By distilling these analyses into a numerical scoring system, Karolyi has devised a way to assess with ease emerging markets by different dimensions of risk and across all dimensions together.

Author : H. Kent Baker,Leigh A. Riddick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 701 pages
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Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199754656

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International Finance by H. Kent Baker,Leigh A. Riddick Pdf

Understanding the current state of affairs and tools available in the study of international finance is increasingly important as few areas in finance can be divorced completely from international issues. International Finance reflects the new diversity of interest in international finance by bringing together a set of chapters that summarizes and synthesizes developments to date in the many and varied areas that are now viewed as having international content. The book attempts to differentiate between what is known, what is believed, and what is still being debated about international finance. The survey nature of this book involves tradeoffs that inevitably had to be made in the process given the vast footprint that constitutes international finance. No single book can cover everything. This book, however, tries to maintain a balance between the micro and macro aspects of international finance. Although each chapter is self-contained, the chapters form a logical whole that follows a logical sequence. The book is organized into five broad categories of interest: (1) exchange rates and risk management, (2) international financial markets and institutions, (3) international investing, (4) international financial management, and (5) special topics. The chapters cover market integration, financial crisis, and the links between financial markets and development in some detail as they relate to these areas. In each instance, the contributors to this book discuss developments in the field to date and explain the importance of each area to finance as a field of study. Consequently, the strategic focus of the book is both broad and narrow, depending on the reader's needs. The entire book provides a broad picture of the current state of international finance, but a reader with more focused interests will find individual chapters illuminating on specific topics.

Author : Kirt C. Butler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
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Release : 2016-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119219712

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Multinational Finance by Kirt C. Butler Pdf

Deep coverage and rigorous examination of international corporate finance Multinational Finance offers an advanced exploration of international corporate finance concepts and operations. Despite its status as one of the most rigorous texts on the topic, this book remains accessible and readable without sacrificing depth of coverage. Sidebars, key terms, essays, conceptual questions, and problems with solutions help aid in the learning process, while suggested readings and PowerPoint handouts reinforce the material and offer avenues for further exploration. This new sixth edition includes Excel templates that allow students to use real-world tools in a learning environment, and the modular structure facilitates course customization to individual objectives, interests, and preparatory level. The emphasis is on the basics of financial management, but coverage includes unique chapters on treasury management, asset pricing, hedging, options, and portfolio management in addition to traditional finance topics. International finance is a diverse field with myriad specialties and a vast array of possible interests. This book allows students to view the field through the lens of a financial manager with investment or financial options in more than one country to give them a practical feel for real-world application. Understand the nature and operations of international corporate finance Evaluate opportunities, costs, and risks of multinational operations See beyond the numbers and terminology to the general principles at work Learn the markets, currencies, taxation, capital structure, governance, and more Comprehensive, adaptable, and rigorously focused, this book gives students a solid foundation in international corporate finance, as well as a sound understanding of the tools and mechanics of the field. Designed for MBA and advanced undergraduate courses, Multinational Finance provides the deep coverage so essential to a solid education in finance.