International portfolio choice, liquidity constraints and the home equity bias puzzle

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 555-594

  Michaelides, Alexander ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home equity bias; Information costs; International portfolio choice; Liquidity constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041511759     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(03)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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