International diversification with American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

M. Humayun Kabir, M. Kabir Hassan and Neal Maroney

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2011, vol. 19, issue 1, 98-114

Abstract: The objective of the paper is to analyze whether U.S. investors can achieve diversification benefits from American Depository Receipts (ADRs) beyond what is achievable through investing directly in country indices. Our findings show substitutability between ADRs and country indices in developed region in the late 1990s, whereas the investors need to invest both ADRs and country indices in Latin America and only ADRs in Asian region in recent periods. However, large numbers of ADR issuing countries irrespective of regions show such substitutability between ADRs and country indices. The findings are both statistically and economically significant. We also find time variation in diversification benefits across countries.

Keywords: ADRs; International; diversification; Asset; pricing; Wavelet; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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