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Identity, Instability, and Investors. An Empirical Investigation of the Home Bias

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  • Huning, Thilo R.
  • Wahl, Fabian

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In this paper, we present novel data from the German-speaking area on 13,422 venture capital investments between 1999 and 2019, and document a novel and yet unexplained contributor to investors' home bias. We propose a new measure of regional identity based on a recent vehicle license plate liberalization in Germany, and leverage on a unique dataset of historical borders to show how regional identity is formed. We use an instrumental strategy to establish a causal link between historical political instability, regional identity, and the home bias. Our results indicate that a common regional identity is highly relevant for investment decisions.
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  • Huning, Thilo R. & Wahl, Fabian, 2023. "Identity, Instability, and Investors. An Empirical Investigation of the Home Bias," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277595, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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