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FOREIGN BIAS OF SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND AND SPATIAL SPILLOVER EFFECTS

HONGXIA ZHANG

College of Economics, Shandong Normal University, 88 East Wenhua Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, P. R. China

E-mail Address: lymyzhx1016@daum.net

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HEEHO KIM

Kyungpook National University, Daehak Ro 80, Bukgu, Daegu, Korea

E-mail Address: kimhh@knu.ac.kr

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759081747004XCited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

This article is part of the issue:

Special Issue on Current Issues in Developing Economies; Guest Editor: Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Istanbul Medeniyet University

Abstract

This study explores a foreign bias model to examine if the degree of foreign bias of sovereign wealth fund depends on the spatial spillover effects of cultural distances. Using the spatial panel data of foreign investment by sovereign wealth fund in 2008–2014, we empirically test (1) whether the relationships between return, risk and foreign bias of sovereign wealth fund are statistically significant and (2) whether this relationship depends on the spatial spillover effects of cultural distances. The evidence strongly supports our hypotheses across six target countries (Australia, Canada, China, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States).

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JEL: F1, F3

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