In this study we model the monthly and the daily US, Euro Zone, UK and Australian exchange rates in India using the symmetric (sGARCH) and the asymmetric (GJR-GARCH and EGARCH) volatility models with the normal, the student t and the skewed student t error distributions. We also investigate the...

We exploit the staggered introduction of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) international inspection program to examine the role that exogenous shocks to the stringency of public audit oversight plays in shaping U.S. institutional investors' home bias. Analyzing a sample of...

This paper examines the impact of foreign institutional ownership on stock liquidity in a sample of 950 firm-year observations from 190 listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) over a period 2011 to 2015. Multiple regressions are used to examine relationships between foreign...

Liberalization of economic policies in 1992 allowed foreign institutional investors investing in Indian capital markets. Though FII permitted to invest Indian stock markets in 1992, they actually started investing in India from 1997 and factual growth of FII investment came after 2002. Since...

This study investigates the role of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in restraining earnings management activities of firms under varying levels of investor protection. Firms manage their earnings less when independent FIIs are among their shareholders, especially when monitoring is more...

The regulatory provisions in India ensure that IPO investors are able to observe the participation levels of other subscribers prior to their own subscription decisions. This should reduce the information asymmetry between the foreign institutional (FIIs) and domestic institutional investors...

This paper focuses on the domestic institutional investors' ability to refocus their investments strategy in the direction of more of long-term committed capital. Suggesting a reconceptualization of domestic institutions in the sense that they can leverage on information asymmetries connected to...

We examine the effect of foreign institutional investors on firm innovation. Using firm-level data across 26 non-U.S. economies between 2000 and 2010, we show that foreign institutional ownership has a positive, causal effect on firm innovation. We further explore three possible underlying...

The preference among foreign institutional investors for large firms is widely documented. This paper deepens our understanding of international investments by providing evidence that foreign institutional investors with broader investment scopes prefer to invest in firms where they are less...