Large Foreign Ownership and Firm-Level Stock Return Volatility in Emerging Markets

46 Pages Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Last revised: 21 Sep 2010

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Donghui Li

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance

Quang N. Nguyen

VietFund Management (VFM)

Peter K. Pham

University of Sydney Business School; Institute of Global Finance, UNSW Business School; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

Steven X. Wei

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Date Written: March 17, 2010

Abstract

This study constructs a firm-level measure of large foreign ownership (LFO) and investigates its impact on stock return volatility in 31 emerging markets. We find a negative relationship between LFO and volatility, even after controlling for potential endogeneity and the impact of major domestic shareholders. This suggests a stabilizing role of LFO in emerging markets, which is consistent with previous suggestions in the literature on the strong commitments and potential monitoring role of large foreign shareholders. Overall, our study highlights the importance of recognizing the heterogeneity among foreign investors and the benefits of large foreign shareholders to emerging stock markets.

Suggested Citation

Li, Donghui and Nguyen, Quang N. and Pham, Peter Kien and Wei, Steven X., Large Foreign Ownership and Firm-Level Stock Return Volatility in Emerging Markets (March 17, 2010). Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1573875 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1573875

Donghui Li

UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance ( email )

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Quang N. Nguyen

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