Home bias, risk differential, and cultural spatial spillover effects

Heeho Kim (), Seong-Hoon Cho () and Yongku Kim

Journal of International Money and Finance, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 114-136

Abstract: This paper aims to uncover the role of heterogeneity and spillover effects of return and risk on home bias associated with common background characteristics of trading countries. We adopt a spatial panel model to utilize uniquely created weight matrices and capture the spatial spillover effects of the common background characteristics. A modified definition of home bias is used to explore the role of market risks associated with the common characteristics of cross-border portfolio flows in an international portfolio balance model. Using annual panel data of 17 countries spread over three different regions (i.e., Asia, Europe, and others) for the 2002–2012 period, evidence strongly supports our hypothesis that the effects of the return and risk differentials of trading countries on home bias depend on the correlation of each of the common characteristics with return and risk.

Keywords: Home bias; Portfolio equity flows; Risk differential; Spatial spillover effect; Bilateral common characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F3 G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.10.007

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