Is international diversification really beneficial?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-173

  You, Leyuan ^a,b   Daigler, Robert T ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric diversification; International diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350214785     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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