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Transparency and International Investor Behavior

By Shang-Jin Wei, Gaston Gelos

October 1, 2002

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Shang-Jin Wei, and Gaston Gelos. Transparency and International Investor Behavior, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed December 9, 2024
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Summary

Does country "transparency" affect international portfolio investment? We examine this and related questions using a unique micro dataset on international portfolio holdings. We employ various indices of government and corporate transparency, focusing on the availability and quality of information. We find that emerging market equity funds hold fewer assets in less transparent countries. Herding among funds is somewhat less prevalent in more transparent countries. During the Asian and Russian crises, emerging market funds withdrew more strongly from less transparent countries after controlling for other risk factors. However, funds tend to react less strongly to news from more opaque markets.

Subject: Accounting standards, Asset allocation, Asset and liability management, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial markets, Market capitalization, Public financial management (PFM), Stock markets

Keywords: Accounting standards, Aggregate equity fund, Asset allocation, Composite index, Contagion, Cost of capital, Country asset allocation, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Emerging market equity funds, Emerging markets, Financial crises, Fund manager, Global, International financial architecture, International investors, Investment behavior, Market capitalization, MSCI indices, Portfolio investment, Stock markets, Transparency, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    39

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2002/174

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1742002

  • ISBN:

    9781451858709

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941