Cyclical behavior of international fund flows
Abstract
We investigate the cyclicality of international fund flows employing correlation and regression analysis using monthly data for almost 70 countries between 1996 and 2013. International fund flows are cross-border investments by global funds. Our results suggest that contemporaneously international fund flows are counter-cyclical: fund flows are above trend when output is below trend. Bond flows are more counter-cyclical than equity flows. Furthermore, the counter-cyclical behavior of fund flows has become more pronounced after the global financial crisis. Fund flows into non-OECD countries are mainly driven by global factors while fund flows into OECD countries are more influenced by country-specific factors.
Citation
Li , S , de Haan , J & Scholtens , B 2018 , ' Cyclical behavior of international fund flows ' , Research in International Business and Finance , vol. 43 , pp. 99-112 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.123
Publication
Research in International Business and Finance
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0275-5319Type
Journal article
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.123
Description
This research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant Numbers: 71273257, 71532013).Collections
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