The Japanese Open-End Fund Puzzle
45 Pages
Posted: 14 Jun 2000
New York University - Stern School of Business
Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Tokyo University of Science - School of Management
International University of Japan
Rikkyo University - School of Social Relations
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Date Written: January 1998
Abstract
Recent empirical evidence has suggested that the Japanese mutual fund industry has" underperformed dramatically over the past two decades. Conjectured reasons for" underperformance range from tax-dilution effects to high fees, high turnover and poor asset" management. In this paper, we show that this underperformance is largely due to tax-dilution" effects, and not necessarily to poor management. Using a broad database of funds which" includes investment trusts closed to new investment, we show that once an instrument for the" time-varying tax-dilution exposure is included in a factor model, there is little evidence of poor" risk-adjusted performance. A style analysis of the industry demonstrates that managers appear to" pursue tax-driven dynamic strategies.
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Brown, Stephen J. and Goetzmann, William N. and Hiraki, Takato and Otsuki, Toshiyuki and Shiraishi, Noriyoshi, The Japanese Open-End Fund Puzzle (January 1998). NBER Working Paper No. w6347. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=226098
