International Income Smoothing and Foreign Asset Holdings

Balli, Faruk and Louis, Rosmy J. and Osman, Mohammad (2008): International Income Smoothing and Foreign Asset Holdings. Forthcoming in: Journal of Economics and Finance

Abstract

In this paper we construct a new methodology to measure the international income smoothing and present stronger connection between international asset holdings and international income smoothing for OECD countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Capital Market Integration, Home Bias, Income Smoothing
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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