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A Measure of Pure Home Bias

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  • Ian A Cooper
  • Piet Sercu
  • Rosanne Vanpée

Abstract

The literature on international equity holdings distinguishes between home bias (overweighting of home stocks) and foreign bias (relative underweighting for more “distant” countries). The two biases can be integrated into one distance-based model. We define pure home bias as the excess of home bias relative to this model, and find pure home bias only in emerging markets. Countries with high tax rates and low credit standing have higher pure home bias, and more development comes with lower distance aversion. Methodologically, the choice of portfolio bias measure matters. We find the best measure to be a covariance-based measure relative to the world average.

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  • Ian A Cooper & Piet Sercu & Rosanne Vanpée, 2018. "A Measure of Pure Home Bias," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 22(4), pages 1469-1514.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:22:y:2018:i:4:p:1469-1514.
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    1. Martijn Boermans & Ian Cooper & Piet Sercu & Rosanne Vanpée, 2022. "Foreign bias in equity portfolios: Informational advantage or familiarity bias?," Working Papers 742, DNB.
    2. Junyong Lee & Kyounghun Lee & Frederick Dongchuhl Oh, 2023. "Religion and Equity Home Bias," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 34(5), pages 1015-1038, November.
    3. Eduard Gaar & David Scherer & Dirk Schiereck, 2022. "The home bias and the local bias: A survey," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 72(1), pages 21-57, February.
    4. Manuela Geranio & Valter Lazzari, 2019. "Stress Testing the Equity Home Bias: A Turnover Analysis of Eurozone Markets," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers 19114, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy.
    5. Socaciu, Erzsébet-Mirjám & Nagy, Bálint-Zsolt & Benedek, Botond, 2023. "No place like home: Home bias and flight-to-quality in Group of Seven countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    6. Cakici, Nusret & Zaremba, Adam, 2023. "Misery on Main Street, victory on Wall Street: Economic discomfort and the cross-section of global stock returns," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    7. Geranio, Manuela & Lazzari, Valter, 2019. "Stress testing the equity home bias: A turnover analysis of Eurozone markets," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 70-85.
    8. Wallmeier, Martin & Iseli, Christoph, 2022. "Home bias and expected returns: A structural approach," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    9. Moya-Ponce, Claudine & Madrazo-Lemaroy, Pilar, 2023. "Beliefs that provide a foundation for heuristics and biases in financial decision-making," Cuadernos de Gestión, Universidad del País Vasco - Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (IEAE).

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    Keywords

    Home bias; Foreign bias; Pure home bias; Distance; Deadweight costs; Economic and financial development; Reputation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance

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