Income smoothing and foreign asset holdings.

Balli, Faruk and Jean Louis, Rosmy and Osman, Mohammad (2008): Income smoothing and foreign asset holdings. Published in: Journal of Economics and Finance , Vol. 34, No. 1 (January 2010): pp. 23-29.

Abstract

In this paper we construct a new methodology to measure the international income smoothing and present stronger connectionbetween international asset holding 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 > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements

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