01762cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF008295 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451858709 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Wei, Shang-Jin. Transparency and International Investor Behavior / Shang-Jin Wei, R. Gelos. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Does country "transparency" affect international portfolio investment? We examine this and related questions using a unique micro dataset on international portfolio holdings. We employ various indices of government and corporate transparency, focusing on the availability and quality of information. We find that emerging market equity funds hold fewer assets in less transparent countries. Herding among funds is somewhat less prevalent in more transparent countries. During the Asian and Russian crises, emerging market funds withdrew more strongly from less transparent countries after controlling for other risk factors. However, funds tend to react less strongly to news from more opaque markets. Mode of access: Internet Gelos, R. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/174 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/174/001.2002.issue-174-en.xml IMF e-Library