The performance of active investment positions in foreign markets

Mark Fedenia (), Hilla Skiba () and Tatyana Sokolyk ()
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Mark Fedenia: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hilla Skiba: Colorado State University
Tatyana Sokolyk: Brock University

Journal of International Business Studies, 2023, vol. 54, issue 2, No 4, 285-305

Abstract: Abstract We analyze whether cross-national distance between professional money managers and the positions they take in foreign markets affects investment performance. Out of four dimensions of cross-national distance (geography, culture, business climate, and industry), we find that only cultural distance inversely relates to portfolio performance. Investors earn higher returns in culturally similar foreign markets when market conditions in these countries are favorable. Our results show that the culture-based patterns in foreign portfolio allocations are associated with an information advantage and suggest that multinational corporate decisions influenced by culture increase firm value.

Keywords: cross-cultural research/measurement issues; cultural distance; foreign portfolio investment; global institutions; multinational corporations (MNCs); multinational enterprises (MNEs); information advantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1057/s41267-022-00548-0

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