International Finance Discussion Papers (IFDP)
October 2004
Global Financial Integration: A Collection of New Research
Abstract:
This introductory note summarizes and draws together the work reported in eight research papers written by staff economists of the Board's Division of International Finance as part of a project on global financial integration. The eight papers are also International Discussion Finance Discussion Papers (IFDPs), the numbers of which are specified on the table of contents that appears herein. When viewing this introduction online, the paper titles appearing on the table-of-contents page are web links that may be used to navigate directly to each paper's on-line file. All recent IFDPs are available on the Web at www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/ifdp/.
As Published Elsewhere: Published previously as individual IFDPs
Full paper (screen reader version)Keywords: Globalization, home bias, international portfolio allocation, equities, bonds, loans, exchange rates, emerging market finance
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