Does home bias affect firm value? Evidence from holdings of mutual funds worldwide

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 230-241

  Chan, Kalok ^a   Covrig, Vicentiu ^b   Ng, Lilian ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm value; Home bias; Mutual funds; Risk sharing

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INVESTMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALUATION;

EID: 66049154071     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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