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A Panic-Prone Pack? The Behavior of Emerging Market Mutual Funds

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Borensztein, Eduardo R.
Gelos, R. Gaston

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This paper explores the behavior of emerging market mutual funds using a novel database covering the holdings of individual funds over the period January 1996 to March 1999. An examination of individual crises shows that, on average, funds withdrew money one month prior to the events. The degree of herding among funds is statistically significant, but moderate. Herding is more widespread among open-ended funds than among closed-end funds, but not more prevalent during crises than during tranquil times. Funds tend to follow momentum strategies, selling past losers and buying past winners, but their overall behavior is more complex than often suggested.

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Paper provided by CESifo GmbH in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number CESifo Working Paper No. 564.

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Keywords: mutual funds contagion emerging markets foreign portfolio investment herding financial crises.

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F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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  1. Fernando Broner & R. Gaston Gelos & Carmen M. Reinhart, 2003. "When in Peril, Retrench: Testing the Portfolio Channel of Contagion," Economics Working Papers 864, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised May 2005. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Sushil Bikhchandani & Sunil Sharma, 2001. "Herd Behavior in Financial Markets," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 1. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Vivek Arora & Martin Cerisola, 2001. "How Does U.S. Monetary Policy Influence Sovereign Spreads in Emerging Markets?," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan Journals, vol. 48(3), pages 3. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. ROCKINGER, Michael & JONDEAU, Eric, 2001. "Portfolio allocation in transition economies," Les Cahiers de Recherche 740, Groupe HEC. [Downloadable!]
  5. Piti Disyatat & Gaston R. Gelos, 2001. "The Asset Allocation of Emerging Market Mutual Funds," IMF Working Papers 01/111, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
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