The determinants of cross-border equity flows

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-296

  Portes, Richard ^a,b,c,d   Rey, Hélène ^c,d,e  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DELTA   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border portfolio investment; Equity flows; Gravity model; Home bias; Information asymmetries

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EQUITY; INFORMATION; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14644417866     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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