The Home Bias in Equities and Distribution Costs
Philipp Harms,
Mathias Hoffmann () and
Christina Ortseifer
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2015, vol. 117, issue 3, 983-1018
Abstract:
We show that incorporating distribution costs into a general equilibrium model of international portfolio choice helps to explain the home bias in international equity investment. Our model is able to replicate observed investment positions for a wide range of parameter values, even if agents have an incentive to hedge labor income risk by purchasing foreign equity. This is because the existence of a retail sector affects both the correlation of domestic returns with the domestic price level and the correlation between financial and non-financial income.
Date: 2015
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