Investor Protection, Price Synchronicity and Systematic Risk: Evidence from Closed-End Country Funds

作者: Huimin Chung

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.968109

关键词: Systematic riskGermanAccredited investorIndex (economics)SynchronicityRisk assessmentBusinessInvestor protectionFinancial economics

摘要: This paper evaluates the respective impacts of investor protection on R 2 and systematic risk closed-end country funds (CECFs). The empirical results reveal that both CECFs those countries with English legal origin are significantly lower than French or German origin. Moreover, we demonstrate better indices tend to have price synchronicity risk. Finally, our findings imply index also plays a assessment role, particularly regard CECFs.

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