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Home Bias, Foreign Mutual Fund Holdings, and the Voluntary Adoption of International Accounting StandardsVicentiu CovrigCalifornia State University, Northridge - Department of Finance, Real Estate, & Insurance Mark L. DeFondUniversity of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting Mingyi HungThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology & University of Southern California Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Abstract: We test the assertion that a consequence of voluntarily adopting International Accounting Standards (IAS) is the enhanced ability to attract foreign capital. Using a unique database that reports firm-level holdings of over 25,000 mutual funds from around the world, our multivariate tests find that average foreign mutual fund ownership is significantly higher among IAS adopters. We also find that IAS adopters in poorer information environments and with lower visibility have higher levels of foreign investment, consistent with firms using IAS adoption to provide more information and/or information in a more familiar form to foreign investors. Taken together, our findings are consistent with voluntary IAS adoption reducing home bias among foreign investors and thereby improving capital allocation efficiency.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 40 Keywords: International Accounting Standards, Home bias, Portfolio choice JEL Classification: G11, G15, G23, M41, M44, M45, M47 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: October 11, 2005Suggested CitationContact Information
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