Investment restrictions and the cross-border flow of information: Some empirical evidence

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Bailey, Warren ^a   Mao, Connie X ^b   Sirodom, Kulpatra ^c  

^a SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capital barriers; Earnings; International asset pricing; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846469367     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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