International equity portfolio allocations and transaction costs

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2627-2638

  Thapa, Chandra ^a   Poshakwale, Sunil S ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developed and emerging markets; International equity allocation; Panel data models; Portfolio diversification; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955917722     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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