The Effects of Innovation on Foreign Portfolio Investment: The Role of Institutions and Risk-Taking

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Autori principali: Wu, Yimin, Kikuchi, Tomoo
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author Wu, Yimin
Kikuchi, Tomoo
author_facet Wu, Yimin
Kikuchi, Tomoo
contents We study whether and how innovation intensity attracts foreign portfolio investment (FPI) using a panel of 60 countries from 1996 to 2021. Using an instrumental variable strategy based on regional shift-share and global push instruments, we estimate the causal response of debt and equity inflows to innovation intensity in the host country. We find that innovation increases FPI, with larger effects for equity than debt inflow. Moreover, the effect of innovation on equity inflow increases with technological development and institutional quality, whereas the effect on debt inflow is positive and significant only at high levels of these factors. We also find that countries with a higher risk-taking environment attract more FPI and that equity inflow responses are immediate and persistent, whereas debt inflow responses are modest and dampen over time.
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spellingShingle The Effects of Innovation on Foreign Portfolio Investment: The Role of Institutions and Risk-Taking
Wu, Yimin
Kikuchi, Tomoo
General Economics
Economics
We study whether and how innovation intensity attracts foreign portfolio investment (FPI) using a panel of 60 countries from 1996 to 2021. Using an instrumental variable strategy based on regional shift-share and global push instruments, we estimate the causal response of debt and equity inflows to innovation intensity in the host country. We find that innovation increases FPI, with larger effects for equity than debt inflow. Moreover, the effect of innovation on equity inflow increases with technological development and institutional quality, whereas the effect on debt inflow is positive and significant only at high levels of these factors. We also find that countries with a higher risk-taking environment attract more FPI and that equity inflow responses are immediate and persistent, whereas debt inflow responses are modest and dampen over time.
title The Effects of Innovation on Foreign Portfolio Investment: The Role of Institutions and Risk-Taking
topic General Economics
Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17896