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T1  - Essays on the Determinants of International Portfolio Investments 
SN  - 951-555-775-5 /  
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10227/76; URN:ISBN:951-555-775-5 
T3  - Economics and Society 
A1  - Al-Khail, Mohammed Aba 
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PB  - Svenska handelshögskolan 
Y1  - 2003 
LA  - en 
AB  - Investors significantly overweight domestic assets in their portfolios. This behavior which is commonly called “home bias” contradicts the prescriptions of portfolio theory. This thesis explores potential reasons for the “home bias” by examining the characteristics of the investing and the target countries and features of the interaction between them. A common theme of the four essays is a focus on the importance of information about foreign markets in explaining the share of these markets in in... 
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KW  - emu; financial markets; foreign direct investment; gravity model; information asymmetry; international portfolio investments; international trade; multinational firms; Finance 
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