Arbeitspapier

Portfolio holdings in the euro area - home bias and the role of international, domestic and sector-specific factors

This paper aims to identify the determinants of portfolio restructuring in EMU member states since the introduction of the euro and especially during the financial turbulence of the past years. We find that, besides exchange rate volatility and traditional indicators of information and transaction costs, the perception of sovereign risk has become more important as a determinant of portfolio allocation. The shares of financial corporations have been affected disproportionately by this development. At the same time, banks substantially reduced their international investment, possibly the result of a deleveraging process.

ISBN
978-3-86558-699-5
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Discussion Paper Series 1 ; No. 2011,07

Classification
Wirtschaft
International Finance: General
Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
Subject
Financial Integration
Home Bias
Institutional Sectors
Financial Crisis

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Jochem, Axel
Volz, Ute
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2011

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Jochem, Axel
  • Volz, Ute
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Time of origin

  • 2011

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