Gravity and culture in foreign portfolio investment

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 525-538

  Aggarwal, Raj ^a   Kearney, Colm ^b   Lucey, Brian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; FPI; Gravity models; Home bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955160691     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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