Submitted by Luiz Bueno Beznos (luizbeznos@gmail.com) on 2018-07-13T15:56:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizBBeznos_Foreignness.pdf: 688998 bytes, checksum: 1ee9fe6feb920942bf6288ccd99bc5de (MD5) / Rejected by Simone de Andrade Lopes Pires (simone.lopes@fgv.br), reason: Prezado Luiz, Recebemos eu trabalho aplicado na biblioteca digital mas será necessários alguns ajustes: Estou encaminhando por e-mail os ajudes necessários. Por favor, faça as alterações e submeta o trabalho novamente. Atenciosamente, Simone Pires SRA. on 2018-07-16T19:58:21Z (GMT) / Submitted by Luiz Bueno Beznos (luizbeznos@gmail.com) on 2018-07-17T16:43:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizBBeznos_Foreignness.pdf: 691106 bytes, checksum: b41d682cebc955aac847c2930d1a7828 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Simone de Andrade Lopes Pires (simone.lopes@fgv.br) on 2018-07-20T18:21:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizBBeznos_Foreignness.pdf: 691106 bytes, checksum: b41d682cebc955aac847c2930d1a7828 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzane Guimarães (suzane.guimaraes@fgv.br) on 2018-07-23T12:32:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizBBeznos_Foreignness.pdf: 691106 bytes, checksum: b41d682cebc955aac847c2930d1a7828 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-23T12:32:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LuizBBeznos_Foreignness.pdf: 691106 bytes, checksum: b41d682cebc955aac847c2930d1a7828 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-13 / International management literature arguments that foreign firms operate under Liability of Foreignness (LOF). Several previous studies looked at LOF in banks, with contradictory results. Our study however is focused exclusively in the business of Sales and Trading of investment banks. We hypothesize this holds true for this business of investment banks, as the disadvantages of foreignness will be greater than advantages such as access to global markets. We looked at profitability for 87 domestic and foreign investment banks in Brazil for 27 quarters, using Pooled OLS as our statistical model. We found that there is indeed liability of foreignness. Testing characteristics that might mitigate LOF, we found that the smaller psychic distance and large home country economy can have a positive effect in foreign banks profitability. Surprisingly, experience does not appear to have a mitigating effect on LOF. / A literatura de administração internacional argumenta que empresas estrangeiras operam sob Liability of Foreignness (LOF). Vários estudos prévios abordaram LOF em bancos, com resultados contraditórios. Nosso estudo, entretanto foca exclusivamente na linha de negócios de Sales and Trading de bancos de investimento. Nossa hipótese central é de que existe LOF nesta linha de negócio dos bancos de investimento, e que as desevantagens de ser estrangeiro serão maiores que as vantagens. Nós analisamos a lucratividade de 87 bancos locais e estrangeiros no Brasil por 27 trimestres, usando Painel Empilhado como metodologia estatística. Os resultados indicam que realmente há LOF. Testando características mitigadoras deste LOF, encontramos indicativos que menor distância psíquica e maior economia no país sede podem ter um efeito positivo na lucratividade de bancos de investimento estrangeiros. Surpreendentemente, experiência não parece ter um efeito mitigador sobre LOF.