Diversification Benefits of Emerging Markets Subject to Portfolio Constraints

Posted: 6 Jun 2003

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Kai Li

University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business; Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER); China Academy of Financial Research (CAFR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN)

Asani Sarkar

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Zhenyu Wang

University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance

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Abstract

This paper examines the international diversification benefits subject to portfolio constraints - in particular, constraints on short selling. We show that the international diversification benefits remain substantial for U.S. equity investors when they are prohibited from short selling in emerging markets. This result is robust to investment restrictions on non-native individuals. It is also unaffected by the fact that the U.S. equity index portfolio is not on the efficient frontier spanned by U.S. securities. The integration of world equity markets reduces, but does not eliminate, the diversification benefits of investing in emerging markets subject to short-sale constraints.

Keywords: International diversification, short-sale constraints, home bias, asset allocation, Bayesian inference

JEL Classification: G11, G15, C11, C15

Suggested Citation

Li, Kai and Sarkar, Asani and Wang, Zhenyu, Diversification Benefits of Emerging Markets Subject to Portfolio Constraints. Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=403400

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