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1、HavingFaithinYourTrade:MutualFundRisk-TakingandLocalReligiousBeliefs?HavingFaithinYourTrade:MutualFundRisk-TakingandLocalReligiousBeliefsTaoShuUniversityofGeorgiataoshu@terry.uga.eduJohanSulaemanSouthernMethodistUniversitysulaeman@smu.eduP.EricYeungUniversityofG
2、eorgiayeung@terry.uga.eduThisDraft:December2009AbstractWeexaminetherelationsbetweenmutualfundrisk-takingbehaviorsandlocalreligiousbeliefs.WefindthatfundslocatedinregionswithlowerProtestantpopulationorhigherCatholicpopulationtendtohavehighervolatilitiesoffundretu
3、rns,consistentwithProtestants(Catholics)beingmore(less)risk-aversecomparedtogeneralpopulation.Thevariationinsystematicriskexposuresexplainsonlyasmallportionofthisdifferenceasweobserveasimilarpatterninidiosyncraticportfoliorisks.Wealsofindthatintra-yearincreasesi
4、nfundvolatilityassociatedwithtournament-likecompetitionexistonlyinmutualfundslocatedinareaswithlowerProtestantorhigherCatholicpopulation.Aftercontrollingforexposurestocommonriskfactors,wefindlittleevidencethathigherreturnvolatilityisrewardedwithhigherreturns.Fun
5、dslocatedinlowerProtestantpopulationareasalsoappeartotrademorefrequentlyandhavemorepositivereturngaps.Overall,ourfindingssuggestthatthelevelofrisk-takingbymutualfundmanagersvariesreliablywithlocalreligiousbeliefs.??HavingFaithinYourTrade:MutualFundRisk-Takingand
6、LocalReligiousBeliefsAbstractWeexaminetherelationsbetweenmutualfundrisk-takingbehaviorsandlocalreligiousbeliefs.WefindthatfundslocatedinregionswithlowerProtestantpopulationorhigherCatholicpopulationtendtohavehighervolatilitiesoffundreturns,consistentwithProtesta
7、nts(Catholics)beingmore(less)risk-aversecomparedtogeneralpopulation.Thevariationinsystematicriskexposuresexplainsonlyasmallportionofthisdifferenceasweobserveasimilarpatterninidiosyncraticportfoliorisks.Wealsofindthatintra-yearincreasesinfundvolatilityassociatedw
8、ithtournament-likecompetitionexistonlyinmutualfundslocatedinareaswithlowerProtestantorhigherCatholicpopulation.Aftercontrollingforexposurestocommonriskfactors,wefindl
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