Melting pot or salad bowl: Some evidence from U.S. investments abroad

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-258

  Bhattacharya, Utpal ^a   Groznik, Peter ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Foreign direct investment; Foreign stockholdings; Home bias; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349096278     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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