Do Domestic Investors Have an Edge? The Trading Experience of Foreign Investors in Korea

49 Pages Posted: 31 May 2004 Last revised: 12 Sep 2022

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Hyuk Choe

Seoul National University - College of Business Administration

Bong-Chan Kho

Seoul National University, Business School

René M. Stulz

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Date Written: May 2004

Abstract

We investigate whether domestic investors have an edge over foreign investors in trading domestic stocks.Using Korean data, we show that foreign money managers pay more than domestic money managers when they buy and receive less when they sell for medium and large trades. The sample average daily trade-weighted disadvantage of foreign money managers is of 21 basis points for purchases and 16 basis points for sales. There is also some evidence that domestic individual investors have an edge over foreign investors. The explanation for these results is that prices move more against foreign investors than against domestic investors before trades.

Suggested Citation

Choe, Hyuk and Kho, Bong-Chan and Stulz, Rene M., Do Domestic Investors Have an Edge? The Trading Experience of Foreign Investors in Korea (May 2004). NBER Working Paper No. w10502, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=552107

Hyuk Choe

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