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1. Introduction
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Foreign portfolio investment (FPI) is an aspect of international capital flows comprising of transfer of financial
assets: such as cash; stock or bonds across international borders in want of profit. It occurs when investors purchase
non-controlling interests in foreign companies or buy foreign corporate or government bonds, short-term securities,
or notes. Accordingly, just as trade flows result from individuals and countries seeking to maximize their well-being
by exploiting their own comparative advantage, so too, are capital flows the result of individuals and countries
seeking to make themselves better off, moving accumulated assets to wherever they are likely to be most productive
(ERP, 2006). This type of investment has become an increasingly significant part of the world economy over the past
three decades and an important source of fund to support investment not only in developed but also developing
countries.
Even though Prasand et al., (2007) document a recent phenomenon of “uphill” flows of capital from non-industrial to
industrial countries and analyze whether the pattern of capital flows has hurt growth in non-industrial economies that
export capital, there has equally been a dramatic increase in the magnitude of international flows of portfolio
investment, especially from countries in the North to emerging market economies across the South including Nigeria
since the 80s. This has been adjudged to be motivated by relatively low yields in industrial countries together with
impressive economic growth and attractive returns in developing economies (Siamwalla et al, 1999). Again, the
demand for longer-term finance by the private sectors, and the willingness on the part of developing country
governments to provide the legal and regulatory frameworks are fostering instruments, institutions, and especially
FPI into the capital markets. However, these massive international flows of portfolio investment to emerging markets
have sparked debate about the benefits and demerits as well as its determinants.
While a good number of benefits and demerits associated with international flows of portfolio investment to
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emerging market economies are well documented in the literature (Grabel, 1998, ERP, 2002, 2003; FitzGerald, 1999),
a wide range of factors have been adduced to have prompted the increase in private capital flows to developing
countries. Opinions however differ as to the relative contribution of “push” factors reflecting changes in developed
country markets (Fernandez-Arias, 1994) and “pull” factors arising from changes in developing countries (Chuhan et
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al, 1993, Hernandez and Rudolph 1995) . That notwithstanding, recent empirical studies have tried to ascertain the
determinants of FPI as well as its impacts on the economy. Following literature there are the economic determinants
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comprising of macroeconomic factors , such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, exchange rate stability,
interest rate, capital liquidity, and the international trade in goods. Again, policy and regulatory determinants of the
host national governments are also key criteria necessitating foreign portfolio investment flows to emerging market
economies (Collard, et al, 2007; Ditlbacher, et al., 2005). Incidentally, there are no empirical regularities regarding
the determinants of FPI. This study tries to add to the stock of knowledge by modelling the long-run determinants of
FPI in Nigeria over the period of 1981-2010 (converted into quarterly series) considering the volatile nature of the
variable and in the light of the recent global economic and financial crisis. The essence is to ascertain if there is a
long-run relationship (co-integration relation) between FPI and its determinants and as such pursue policies that may
likely attract same in the long run. The rest of the paper is divided into four sections. Section two examines the
nature and trend of capital flow to Nigeria while section three looks at the overview of the literature. Section four
presents the methodology, data and data sources as well as the presentation of results and result analysis while
section five concludes.
Before 1986, capital flows to Nigeria were mainly, foreign direct investment, ODA and bank loans. However, from
1986, there was a change in the composition of private capital flows to Nigeria. Foreign portfolio investment took
the centre stage and its share of private capital flows to Nigeria were on the increase while at the same time official
flows, (ODA) and bank loans were declining in real terms. FPI (bond and equity) increased dramatically over the last
twenty years that by the end of 2005 it surpassed every other type of capital inflows into Nigeria. It should be noted
that institutional investors have also become very important. Not only have they increased their share of companies
listed on the stock markets, they have also started to invest more in other emerging and developed markets
(AFDB/OECD, 2007). However, with the global financial and economic crisis that started in 2009, the FPI flow into
Nigeria decreased significantly.
Even though, FPI is generally considered more passive or speculative in nature than direct investment in equity
capital and by contrast highly sensitive to changes in its determinants, and may be withdrawn from the market at
short notice, it is still very important in the investment climate of Nigeria considering the saving-investment gap as
recorded in the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) and in the vision 20:2020.
3. Overview of the Literature
A wide range of factors have been adduced to be responsible for the increase in international flow of portfolio
investment. Siamwalla et al (1999) opine that relatively low yields in industrial countries together with impressive
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economic growth and attractive returns in developing economies motivated western investors to relocate their funds
to money and capital markets to developing countries. He posits that the increase in international flow of portfolio
investment corresponded well with the trend towards trade globalization, international financial linkages, and
expansion of production bases overseas.
Grabel, (1998) opines that since the mid-1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the magnitude of international
flows of portfolio investment, especially from countries in the North to emerging market economies across the South.
He posits that North-South Portfolio Investment (PI) flows have been heralded as a relatively safe, efficient means of
transferring capital to those countries where it is needed most. But this view has been challenged by the series of
financial crises across the South, from Mexico in 1994 to Southeast Asia in 1997-98. Thus, many economists have
argued that these crises are anomalous, reflecting exceptional circumstances. A closer look however reveals that the
unregulated international flow of PI, especially into emerging market economies, is fraught with deep structural
problems.
Errunza (2005) posits that the reform of local capital markets and relaxation of capital controls to attract foreign
portfolio investments (FPIs) has become an integral part of development strategy. The proximity of market openings
and large, sudden shifts in international capital flows gave credence to the notion that the liberalization was the
primary culprit that precipitated the Asian crisis. Hence, he reassesses the benefits and costs of FPIs from the
perspective of the recipients. Specifically, he discusses the various FPI contributions and presents empirical evidence
regarding the relationship between FPIs and market development, degree of capital market integration, cost of capital,
cross-market correlation and market volatility. It is clear that the evidence on the benefits of FPIs is strong, whereas
the policy concerns regarding resource mobilization, market co-movements, contagion, and volatility are largely
unwarranted. He profers some policy suggestions on preconditions for capital market openings, market regulation,
and liberalization sequencing.
Agarwal (2006) examines the determinants of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) and its impact on the national
economy in six developing Asian countries. Regression results show that inflation rate, real exchange rate, index of
economic activity and the share of domestic capital market in the world stock market capitalization are four
statistically significant determinants of FPI. The first variable has a negative coefficient while the last three variables
possess positive coefficients. Foreign direct investment, total foreign trade and current account deficit variables are
found to be statistically insignificant. Regarding the impact of FPI on the national economies, it is found that the
index of economic activities and inflation rate show an upward trend. Volatility in portfolio flows has not increased
overtime. Ratio of foreign debt and debt-servicing to GDP has declined. But the rule of thumb regarding the issue of
sustainability of FPI suggests that India and Indonesia have crossed the upper bounds of permissible debt ratios.
Aggarwal, et al, (2003) examine the investment allocation choices of actively-managed U.S. mutual funds in
emerging markets after the Asian financial crisis. They analyze both country- and firm-level governance and
disclosure policies that influence these investment allocation decisions. At the country-level, they find that U.S.
funds invest more in open emerging markets with stronger shareholder rights, legal frameworks and accounting
standards. After controlling for country characteristics, U.S. funds are found to invest more in firms that adopt
policies resulting in greater transparency and accounting disclosures in addition to characteristics such as size,
visibility, and high analyst following. The impact of stronger disclosure and transparency is most pronounced in
countries with weaker investor protection. Their results suggest that steps can be taken both at the country and the
firm level to create an environment conducive to foreign institutional investment.
Rai and Bhanumurthy (2007) try to examine the determinants of Foreign Institutional Investments (FII) in India,
which have crossed almost US$ 12 billions by the end of 2002. Given the huge volume of these flows and its impact
on the other domestic financial markets understanding the behavior of these flows becomes very important at the
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time of liberalizing capital account. In this study, by using monthly data, we found that FII inflow depends on stock
market returns, inflation rate (both domestic and foreign) and ex-ante risk. In terms of magnitude, the impact of stock
market returns and the ex-ante risk turned out to be major determinants of FII inflow. This study did not find any
causation running from FII inflow to stock returns as it was found by some studies. Stabilizing the stock market
volatility and minimizing the ex-ante risk would help in attracting more FII inflow that has positive impact on the
real economy.
Lee (2007) posits that in the last several years there has been a substantial theoretical advancement in our
understanding of the factors determining international portfolio capital movements. From the mechanistic flow
theory, progress has been made to the portfolio-adjustment theory which rests on a firmer microeconomic foundation.
However, because of the multifarious functions of the United States in the world economy the portfolio-adjustment
theory is not quite adequate in explaining the foreign portfolio investments in the United States. There are other
motives such as maintaining working balances and compensatory balances in addition to the expected utility
maximization. In some studies, ad hoc assumptions are introduced to account for these motives for holding U.S.
liabilities. Given some statistically successful results, there is much to be desired in this simple portfolio approach
modified with ad hoc assumptions. Despite the theoretical weakness Lee asserts that there would have been more
empirical research in this area if data on wealth for foreign countries were available. Furthermore, the few existing
studies were carried out by doing away with the wealth variable without any convincing justification. Given the
constraint of data a more persuasive argument will have to be presented in favor of deleting the wealth variable or
using an alternative variable. It seems that a proper use of estimates of permanent income, which can be
approximated empirically, may be successful in empirical estimations of capital flows.
We present the formulation of the linear functional relationships of our variables as follow:
FPI t 10 +11 RGDPgt 12 RIRt 13 REXCt 14 MCapt 15TDOt 1t ...........(1)
Where
FPI = Net Foreign Portfolio investment
RGDPg = Growth rate of real GDP
RIR = Real interest rate
REXC = Real exchange rate
MCap = Market capitalization (SIZE)
TDO = Trade degree of openness
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Here, RGDPg is allowed as one of the explanatory variables following Passinatti’s Profit – growth model (Jhingan,
1997). The internal rate of return (IRR) is a measure of the rate of return expected by capitals. An import of the
Passinatti’s model is that IRR can be subsumed in RGDPg, hence in this study; RGDPg is used as a proxy for rate of
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return. By lagging the above model in equation (1) yield the following:
FPI t 10 +11 RGDPgt 1 12 RIRt 1 13 REXCt 1 14 MCapt 1 15TDOt 1 1t ...........(2)
We first estimate equation (1) above using OLS. However, according to Engle-Granger the usual presence of the
trend in macroeconomic data suggest testing co-integration thus equation (1) is adapted as:
The above null represents a permanent non-reverting shock to the residuals, in other words deviation from
equilibrium is permanent, implying no proof of the theoretical equilibrium in the data. The alternative of stationary
residuals means that the deviation from equilibrium is temporary in the short run and eventually the residuals are
‘mean-reverting’; meaning that shocks fades out eventually and equilibrium does exist; would be interpreted as
Long – Run multiplier. Following the Engle – Granger representation theorem, if the I(1) non-stationary variables are
co-integrated then a Vector Error Correction Model represents these variables, in first differences the VECM would
take the form of:
p
Z t 01 + Z t-i i Z t-i t t ............................................(5)
i 1
p
1 i
Where i1 is obtained since Z t Z t Z t-1 and is a square matrix with dimensions equal to
the number of variables in the system and is known as Matrix of Long – Run Multipliers, the “dynamic” or “impact
parameters” matrix, it is clear that under the presence of co-integration the “stationary VAR” in differences is
mis-specified even if the variables are difference stationary, the difference is obvious in the lack of the matrix of
Long – Run multipliers.
To solve this problem we adopt Co-integration Ranks by applying Johansen reduce rank tests to estimate the number
of LR relations. Johansen (1995) showed that the number of co-integration relations is determined by the rank of the
dynamic matrix with the dimension of k x k and has a reduced rank in the presence of co-integration and has a
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X t 0 t X t 1 1X t 1 ... p X t p t
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where,
0 is a constant, t is the coefficient on a time trend and p is the lag order of the autoregressive process
and is the difference operator. The unit root test was carried out under the null hypothesis
= 0 against the
alternative hypothesis of
< 0.
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reformulated into a vector error correction model (VECM) to know whether the disequilibrium in trade could be
corrected back to its equilibrium position, following the evidence of co-integration in the VAR model. Finally, the
analyses were complemented with impulse response and variance decomposition mechanisms to ascertain the
transmission level of macroeconomic variables listed above on portfolio investment variability and the dynamic
effect of shocks on the endogenous variable included in the model.
The first null hypothesis of zero cointegration was rejected since the Max-lambda and trace statistics of 68.465432
and 135.04557 exceed the critical values of 39.37 and 94.15 respectively in case 2 with the assumption of intercept
in VAR. With this we accept that there is at least 1 co-integrating vector in the system. Next we check the Ho: r = 1;
with Max-lambda and trace statistics of 44.981409 and 66.580141 exceeding the critical values of 33.46 and 68.52
respectively. This led to the rejection of the null hypothesis of 1 co integration vector. Finally the result shows that at
least there exists 2 co-integrating (linear long- run) vectors in the system. Since Ho: r = 2, the null hypothesis is
accepted for the rest (3, 4 and 5). To identify the two co-integrating variables we conduct the Vector Error Correction
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(VEC) estimate of co-integrating equations, as presented in table 4.4. (Insert here). The result shows that the two
co-integrating vectors with net foreign portfolio investment are; market capitalization and the degree of trade
openness. The implication of this result is that long run linear relationship exists between these three vectors (net
foreign portfolio investment, market capitalization and the degree of trade openness). This was identified because
only logMCap and TDO had their p values less than 0.05 at 5% level and significant among the variables included in
the model.
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International Capital Flows can be grouped into three broad categories: Foreign Direct Investment,, Foreign Portfolio Investment, Bank and
other Investments.
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“Pull” factors reflect the impact of financial deregulation, the growing number of people saving for retirement and the incre asing
prominence of institutional funds managing savings, pensions and insurance, successful domestic economic policies involving increased domestic
saving and investment, reduction in the size of the government deficit and an increase in export growth (Chuhan et al, 1993, Hernandez and
Rudolph (1995). “Push” factors reflect the impact of low interest rates and low economic growth in developed countries (Fernandez-Arias, 1994).
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Countries with sound macroeconomic policies and well-functioning institutions are in the best position to reap the benefits of capital flows and
minimize the risks.
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Passinati’s model stipulates that there is only equilibrium rate of profit which is determined by the natural rate of growth
divided by the capital owner’s propensity to save.
Tables
Table 4.1: Lag Selection Order Criteria
H0: H1:
Eigenvalues Rank Max-lambda, statistics Trace statistics
(lambda) < = (r) r (rank < = (r + 1)) (rank < = (p = 6))
.90566254 0 68.465432 135.04557
.78798178 1 44.981409 66.580141
.41182826 2 15.391353 21.598732
.16799464 3 5.3335754 6.2073791
.02797831 4 .8229377 .87380365
.00175246 5 .05086594 .05086594
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0 40.30 102.14
1 34.40 76.07
2 28.14 53.12
3 22.00 34.91
4 15.67 19.96
5 9.24 9.24
0 39.37 94.15
1 33.46 68.52
2 27.07 47.21
3 20.97 29.68
4 14.07 15.41
5 3.76 3.76
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LogFPI 1 . . .
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