Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260068 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2013:10
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
The Chinese government implemented the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) system in order to advance the quality of local capital markets by participation of foreign institutional investors. This paper identifies the channels through which foreign institutional investors influence the liquidity on the Chinese stock markets. Firstly, we find that market participation by foreign institutional investors promotes liquidity both for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-SOEs. Secondly, foreign institutions influence liquidity through the informational frictions channel, but not through the real frictions channel. Thirdly, foreign institutions are not informationally disadvantaged when investing in SOEs. Finally, the link between foreign institutional participation and liquidity remains strong before, during, and after the recent financial crisis.
Subjects: 
liquidity
emerging markets
foreign institutional investors
real frictions
informational frictions
JEL: 
C23
G12
G18
G32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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