Home bias, foreign mutual fund holdings, and the voluntary adoption of international accounting standards

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-70

  Covrig, Vicentiu M ^a   Defond, Mark L ^b   Hung, Mingyi ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33846663095     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2007.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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