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Illiquidity and Closed-End Country Fund Discounts

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  • Jain, Ravi

    (Temple U)

  • Xia, Yihong
  • Wu, Matthew Qianli

    (U of Pennsylvania)

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In a simple model of segmented markets and exogenous liquidity shock, the closed-end country fund premium is negatively affected by the illiquidity in the host market where shares of the country fund are traded, and positively affected by the illiquidity in the home market where the underlying assets are traded. To the extent that expected and unexpected liquidity affects asset prices and returns, the closed-end country fund premium should reflect the difference between the illiquidity of the fund shares and its underlying assets. Using the Amihud (2002) measure of illiquidity, we examine this hypothesis for U.S.-traded single country closed-end funds, and find a strong association between the fund premium and the illiquidity of both the host and the home markets. Moreover, this relation is much stronger for funds investing in emerging markets where market segmentation is more likely to be binding. These funds are also more sensitive to the systematic liquidity factor, suggesting that the country fund premium may contain a significant liquidity risk premium.

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  • Jain, Ravi & Xia, Yihong & Wu, Matthew Qianli, 2004. "Illiquidity and Closed-End Country Fund Discounts," Working Papers 04-3, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Weiss Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecl:upafin:04-3
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    1. Chan, Justin S.P. & Hong, Dong & Subrahmanyam, Marti G., 2008. "A tale of two prices: Liquidity and asset prices in multiple markets," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 947-960, June.
    2. Samuel Jones & Michael Stroup, 2013. "Economic freedom and the mispricing of single-state municipal bond closed-end funds," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 37(2), pages 173-187, April.
    3. Chan, Kalok & Kot, Hung Wan & Li, Desmond, 2008. "Portfolio concentration and closed-end fund discounts: Evidence from the China market," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(2), pages 129-143, June.

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