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The weight of bad governance in foreign mutual funds

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Empirical studies show that mutual funds are less likely to hold poorly governed foreign stocks. This theoretical model shows that foreign mutual fund managers will optimally lower their weight of badly governed stocks because they have higher costs of actively managing these holdings than their domestic rivals.

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  • Linus Wilson, 2010. "The weight of bad governance in foreign mutual funds," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(12), pages 1189-1192.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:17:y:2010:i:12:p:1189-1192
    DOI: 10.1080/17446540902817635
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