Download This PaperFinancial Integration, International Portfolio Choice and the European Monetary Union
52 Pages Posted: 16 Mar 2006
Date Written: May 2006
Abstract
We investigate the determinants of bilateral international equity and bond portfolio reallocation across a large cross section of countries over the 1997 to 2001 period. We first argue that financial integration is not a global phenomenon, as equity and bond home biases declined significantly only among European countries, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Then, we show that the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) eased the access to the equity market and, to a larger extent, the bond market; thereby, enhancing regional financial integration in the euro area. Beside the effect of the EMU, the strongest determinants of the changes in portfolio weights are expected diversification benefits and the initial degree of underweight.
Keywords: Home bias, risk diversification, international portfolio weights, EMU
JEL Classification: C13, C21, F37, G11
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Roberto A. De Santis (Contact Author)
European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Economics ( email )
Kaiserstrasse 29
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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