The international diversification puzzle when goods prices are sticky: It's really about exchange-rate hedging, not equity portfolios

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-188

  Engel, Charles ^a   Matsumoto, Akito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 85017144598     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.1.2.155     Document Type: Article

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