International portfolio diversification is better than you think

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-308

  Coeurdacier, Nicolas ^a   Guibaud, Stéphane ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral equity holdings; Endogeneity bias; Financial integration; International portfolio choice; International stock return correlations; Portfolio diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251533849     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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