This paper introduces a return-based approach to studying a possible home bias of equity funds by estimating their … in a particular country. Our findings reveal that the portfolios of four domiciles show a significant home bias. Moreover …. Finally, a home bias of individual funds is not related to superior performance, but actually results in higher investment …

Distinguishing two components of the preference for geographical proximity – the domestic country bias assessing … investors' holdings within the domestic market, and the foreign country bias assessing investors' bilateral holdings within a … report several positive country bias ratios suggesting that the source country's investors overweigh the destination market …

This paper analyzes determinants of home bias in equity funds based on monthly holdings data using panel and quantile … from January 2003 to December 2016. More than ninety percent of our sample funds show, on average, a home bias. In addition …, the home bias across funds is quite stable over time. Analyzing the determinants of this home bias, our empirical results …

deviations of portfolio concentrations in domestic relative to foreign risky assets, or "home bias", from what standard finance … models predict. Our model ascribes the "bias" to endogenous information acquisition bolstered by investors' human capital. We …

We investigate the extent to which investors exhibit carbon home bias: disproportionate investment in carbon … relationship between carbon home bias, divestment and disclosure. We show that investors exhibit significant carbon home bias, with … home bias is not driven by differential home-foreign carbon risk premia, but instead suggest investors’ successful …

We study how investor's persistent preference to invest more in the home market — “home bias” — is affecting investor … climate risk. This paper analyzes the carbon exposure and home bias of stock portfolios across a wide range of different … area investors are related to home bias. The bias to invest more in carbon-intensive firms from the domestic and EU …

bias, sheds light on a new information channel for international investment decisions, and contributes to the debate on …

countries, we investigate empirically if there is systematic evidence for a home bias in sovereign ratings. Specifically, we use … explained by the fundamentals of rated countries, our results provide empirical support for the existence of a home bias in … sovereign ratings. We find that the bias becomes more accentuated following the onset of the Global Financial Crisis and appears …