Geographic versus industry diversification: Constraints matter

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 396-416

  Ehling, Paul ^a   Ramos, Sofia B ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Block bootstrap tests; Diversification gains; EMU; Geographic diversification; Industry diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747371432     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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