Endogenous asymmetric information and international equity home bias: The effects of portfolio size and information costs

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-635

  Barron, John M ^a   Ni, Jinlan ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Equity home bias; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649130644     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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