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Foreign Investor Heterogeneity and Stock Liquidity around the World*

Author(s) -

Lilian Ng,

Fei Wu,

Jing Yu,

Bohui Zhang

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

european finance review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.933

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1573-692X

pISSN - 1382-6662

DOI - 10.1093/rof/rfv048

Subject(s) - market liquidity , portfolio , business , monetary economics , stock (firearms) , accounting liquidity , liquidity crisis , liquidity premium , financial system , economics , finance , mechanical engineering , engineering

This article examines whether foreign investor heterogeneity plays a role in stock liquidity in a sample of 27,828 firms from thirty-nine countries worldwide. Foreign direct ownership is negatively associated with stock liquidity, while foreign portfolio ownership is positively associated with stock liquidity. Consistent with theoretical predictions, foreign ownership explains stock liquidity through both trading activity and information channels. The value-enhancing benefits of foreign direct investors’ monitoring efforts outweigh their liquidity costs and high adverse selection premium. However, the positive impact of foreign portfolio ownership on firm performance becomes negative and is not robustly significant after controlling for liquidity.

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