The Investment Technology of Foreign and Domestic Institutional Investors in an Emerging Market

Author/Editor:

Ila Patnaik ; Ajay Shah

Publication Date:

April 22, 2013

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The literature on the investment technology of foreign versus domestic investors has inconclusive results. This paper revisits the question, with a focus on decomposing portfolio performance into asset allocation and security selection. We document signicant differences in exposure to systematic asset pricing factors between foreign and domestic investors. A quasi-experimental strategy is introduced, for comparing security selection after controlling for diferences in asset allocation. Our results show that foreign investors in India do remarkably poorly at security selection.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2013/090

Subject:

Asset allocation Asset and liability management Asset prices Financial markets Foreign direct investment Prices Production Production growth Productivity Stock markets

English

Publication Date:

April 22, 2013

ISBN/ISSN:

9781484335567/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2013090

Pages:

38

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