The determinants of international investment and attention allocation: Using internet search query data

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Mondria, Jordi ^a   Wu, Thomas ^b   Zhang, Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Attention allocation; Home bias; Internet search query

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; DATA SET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955095885     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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