Financial Globalization, Portfolio Diversification, and the Pattern of International Trade /

The paper provides a general-equilibrium model where incomplete international financial markets lead to insufficient industrial specialization and low international trade. As international portfolio diversification is limited and productivity is uncertain, investors wish to maintain a diversified in...

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Main Author: Koren, Miklos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/233
Online Access:Full text available on IMF