Why is there a home bias? An analysis of foreign portfolio equity ownership in Japan

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-28

  Kang, Jun Koo ^a   Stulz, René M ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity ownership; Home bias; International diversification; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031256734     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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