Government debt and international portfolio diversification

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 394-413

  Smith, Constance E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSET PREFERENCE; GOVERNMENT DEBT; INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO; INVESTMENT; PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION;

EID: 0030478229     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136296     Document Type: Article

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