International bond diversification strategies: The impact of currency, country, and credit risk

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 555-583

  Hansson, Mats ^a   Liljeblom, Eva ^a   Löflund, Anders ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate bond; Emerging market debt; International bond diversification; Mean variance spanning and intersection

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449732439     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470902872376     Document Type: Article

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