Cultural influences on home bias and international diversification by institutional investors

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 916-934

  Anderson, Christopher W ^a   Fedenia, Mark ^b   Hirschey, Mark ^a   Skiba, Hilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Home bias; International diversification; Portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951553159     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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