Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22479 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 367
Publisher: 
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This research enters new ground by presenting comparative survey evidence on asset managers' views and behavior in the United States, Germany, Japan and Thailand. Relying on Hofstede's four cultural dimensions, we find that cultural differences are most helpful in understanding country differences which cannot be explained by pure economic reasoning. In short, controlling for various determinants, the dimension of more Individualism predicts less herding behavior, more Power Distance leads to older and comparatively less experienced managers in the upper hierarchy, Masculinity brings men into top positions and to higher volumes of assets under personal responsibility, and Uncertainty Avoidance is related to higher safety margins against the tracking error allowed and relatively more research effort. These consequences, i.e. the culturally different importance of herding, age, experience, gender, tracking error and research effort, clearly affect investment behavior, although in a complex way.
Subjects: 
Asset Managers
Individualism
Power Distance
Masculinity
Uncertainty Avoidance
JEL: 
Z10
G15
G14
G23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
172.44 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.