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Table 1 Summary statistics by country

From: Foreign institutional investors and stock return comovement

Country and region

No. of obs.

Comovement

IO_TOTAL

IO_DOM

IO_FOR

Common law

Argentina

221

−0.6570

0.0188

0.0000

0.0188

0

Australia

2339

− 1.7074

0.0864

0.0472

0.0392

1

Austria

304

− 1.4772

0.0923

0.0224

0.0699

0

Belgium

465

−1.4220

0.1057

0.0620

0.0438

0

Brazil

474

−1.1107

0.0670

0.0000

0.0670

0

Canada

2864

−1.7022

0.2292

0.1806

0.0486

1

Chile

382

−1.1644

0.0059

0.0000

0.0059

0

Chinese mainland

414

−1.0993

0.2356

0.0103

0.2253

0

Denmark

510

−1.4868

0.0960

0.0459

0.0501

0

Finland

549

−1.4146

0.1834

0.0719

0.1115

0

France

2898

−1.4413

0.1245

0.0781

0.0464

0

Germany

2256

−1.4403

0.1443

0.0758

0.0685

0

Greece

996

−0.6872

0.0788

0.0600

0.0188

0

Chinese Hong Kong

2227

−1.3552

0.0689

0.0070

0.0619

1

Hungary

109

−1.0399

0.1393

0.0000

0.1393

0

India

1358

−0.7188

0.1104

0.0715

0.0389

1

Indonesia

548

−0.8818

0.0660

0.0000

0.0660

0

Ireland

179

−1.4733

0.1379

0.0066

0.1313

1

Israel

497

−1.1497

0.0822

0.0020

0.0802

1

Italy

1032

−1.1080

0.0900

0.0383

0.0517

0

Japan

16,351

−1.1069

0.0404

0.0229

0.0175

0

Korea (South)

1892

−1.0690

0.0602

0.0000

0.0602

0

Malaysia

2059

−0.9885

0.0170

0.0000

0.0170

1

Netherlands

224

−1.3906

0.2854

0.0600

0.2253

0

New Zealand

287

−1.4265

0.0552

0.0000

0.0552

1

Norway

429

−1.1294

0.1823

0.1111

0.0713

0

Pakistan

109

−0.1594

0.0297

0.0000

0.0297

1

Philippines

286

−1.0874

0.0340

0.0000

0.0340

0

Poland

263

−1.0660

0.1402

0.0678

0.0724

0

Portugal

254

−1.2946

0.1196

0.0722

0.0474

0

Russian Federation

105

−0.6963

0.0410

0.0000

0.0410

0

Singapore

1250

−1.1749

0.0562

0.0154

0.0408

1

South Africa

863

−1.4400

0.1207

0.0923

0.0284

1

Spain

614

−1.1063

0.1531

0.0823

0.0708

0

Sweden

1010

−1.1493

0.2679

0.1878

0.0801

0

Switzerland

932

−1.3910

0.1728

0.0752

0.0977

0

Chinese Taiwan

1656

−0.9409

0.0405

0.0001

0.0404

0

Thailand

881

−1.0711

0.0503

0.0000

0.0503

1

Turkey

148

−0.4251

0.2240

0.0000

0.2240

0

United Kingdom

4495

−1.6473

0.1688

0.1339

0.0349

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  1. Notes. This table shows the number of observations, the average of return comovement and institutional ownership by country, and the country level variables of investor protection