Imperfect financial integration and asymmetric information: Competing explanations of the home bias puzzle?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 310-337

  Mondria, Jordi ^a   Wu, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D82; F30; G11

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MODEL TEST; STOCK MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874146851     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caje.12013     Document Type: Article

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