@MISC{Mishra_australianinvestors, author = {Anil V Mishra}, title = {AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS ’ HOME BIAS IN PORTFOLIO EQUITY INVESTMENT}, year = {} }
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This paper employs International Monetary Fund’s high quality cross-border equity holdings dataset to investigate the determinants of home bias puzzle in the Australian context. This paper indicates that the share of destination countries ’ stock market that is invested in Australia and transaction costs have significant impact on the home bias puzzle. Capital controls and trade links also impact the home bias puzzle; however their effect is insignificant. This paper also employs World Bank’s governance indicators and other legal variables to investigate the phenomenon of home bias. Information asymmetries arising due to countries ’ regulatory and legal environment have significant impact on the home bias puzzle.