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@article{citeulike:5469827, abstract = {We decompose the returns differential between U.S. portfolio claims and liabilities into the composition, return, and timing effects. Our most striking and robust finding is that foreigners exhibit poor timing when reallocating between bonds and equities within their U.S. portfolios. The poor timing of foreign investors–caused primarily by deliberate trading, not a lack of portfolio rebalancing–contributes positively to the U.S. external returns differential. We find no evidence that the poor timing is driven by mechanical reserve accumulation by emerging market countries; rather, it is driven almost entirely by the poor timing of rich, developed (mainly European) countries. Finally, while poor foreign timing appears to be persistent across subsamples, other terms in our decomposition (the composition and return effects and U.S. timing abroad), as well as the overall differential, are sometimes negative, sometimes positive, and usually indistinguishable from zero.}, author = {Curcuru, Stephanie E. and Dvorak, Tomas and Warnock, Francis E.}, citeulike-article-id = {5469827}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.06.005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022199609000865}, day = {23}, doi = {10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.06.005}, issn = {00221996}, journal = {Journal of International Economics}, keywords = {bop, finance, flow}, month = {June}, posted-at = {2009-09-16 09:57:34}, priority = {2}, title = {Decomposing the U.S. external returns differential☆}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.06.005}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5469827 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5469827 N2 - We decompose the returns differential between U.S. portfolio claims and liabilities into the composition, return, and timing effects. Our most striking and robust finding is that foreigners exhibit poor timing when reallocating between bonds and equities within their U.S. portfolios. The poor timing of foreign investors–caused primarily by deliberate trading, not a lack of portfolio rebalancing–contributes positively to the U.S. external returns differential. We find no evidence that the poor timing is driven by mechanical reserve accumulation by emerging market countries; rather, it is driven almost entirely by the poor timing of rich, developed (mainly European) countries. Finally, while poor foreign timing appears to be persistent across subsamples, other terms in our decomposition (the composition and return effects and U.S. timing abroad), as well as the overall differential, are sometimes negative, sometimes positive, and usually indistinguishable from zero. JF - Journal of International Economics SN - 00221996 TI - Decomposing the U.S. external returns differential☆ KW - bop KW - finance KW - flow AU - Curcuru, Stephanie AU - Dvorak, Tomas AU - Warnock, Francis PY - 2009/06/23/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.06.005 ER -