Foreign participation in local currency bond markets

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 291-304

  Burger, John D ^a   Warnock, Francis E ^b,c,d  

^a Loyola College of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Emerging market debt; Home bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447632648     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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