Arbeitspapier

International diversification at home and abroad

We analyze foreigners' and domestic institutional investors' positions in U.S. equities. Controlling for many factors, we uncover a common preference for large firms and firms that are diversified internationally. The domestic preference for internationally diversified firms implies that investors might obtain substantial international diversification by investing at home. Using an international factor model, we show that exposure to foreign equity markets is indeed greater for domestic firms that are more diversified internationally, suggesting that at least some of the home-grown foreign exposure translates into international diversification benefits. After accounting for home-grown foreign exposure, the share of "foreign" equities in investors' portfolios nearly doubles, reducing (but not eliminating) the observed home bias.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Paper Series 1 ; No. 2005,06

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
International Financial Markets
Thema
home bias
international portfolio allocation
foreign exposure
Portfolio-Management
Internationaler Finanzmarkt
Bias
Vereinigte Staaten
Welt

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cai, Fang
Warnock, Francis E.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2005

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cai, Fang
  • Warnock, Francis E.
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Entstanden

  • 2005

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