This paper highlights the role of dividend imputation in influencing cross-border equity flows. We account for the dividend imputation scheme employed by various countries at different periods of time. In this paper it is argued that the heavier is domestic taxation of domestic dividend income,...

The paper develops measures of home bias for 46 countries over the period 2001 to 2011 by employing various models: International Capital Asset Pricing Model (ICAPM), Mean-Variance, Minimum-Variance, Bayes-Stein, Bayesian and Multi-Prior. ICAPM country portfolio weights are computed relative to...

The paper employs International Capital Asset Pricing (ICAPM), Mean-variance, Global mini- mum variance, Bayes–Stein, Bayesian and Multi-prior models to develop foreign equity bias measures for 1414 Australian domiciled mutual funds, which invest in 41 countries worldwide. The Bayesian foreign...

This paper examines corporate governance and foreign equity home bias in Chinese companies. Free float measures are employed to account for bias introduced by insider control. It is found that foreign ownership relative to free float is negatively impacted by legal persons (large domestic cross...

Using panel data from 23 developed countries over the 2001-2011 period and employing the Arellano-Bover/Blundell-Bond dynamic panel estimation technique, we show that the source country capital gains tax has a negative and statistically significant impact on foreign portfolio equity holdings. On...

This paper examines the bilateral, source and host factors driving portfolio equity investment across a set of countries using International Monetary Fund's new dataset on international equity holdings at the end of 1997, 2001 and 2002.The paper finds that the bilateral equity investment is...

We examine prominent market anomalies and evaluate the efficacy of alternative asset pricing models under different financial integration settings. A financial integration index is developed for classifying 25 sample markets into high-, medium- and low integration groups. Size is found to be the...

This study investigates the relationship between bank market power and firms’ financing constraints, indicated by the likelihood of being discouraged from applying for bank loans. The full data sample covers more than 72,000 small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in 113 countries around the...

The relationship between cross border taxation and free float home bias is examined. This explicitly recognizes that insider shares are unavailable to foreigners. Other important explanations for home bias - information asymmetry, behavioural and governance issues - are controlled when examining...

Preliminary results suggests that Australia's external holdings of equity and debt as a percentage of national income almost doubled between 1997 and 2001. However, Australia international investment position as a percentage of national income is one of the lowest among the major OECD countries....