Why do foreigners invest in the United States?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-21

  Forbes, Kristin J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital flows; Financial development; Foreign investment; Global imbalances; Home bias; Portfolio flows; Return chasing; U.S. current account deficit

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149113038     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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