Nowhere Left to Hide? Stock Market Correlation, Regional Diversification, and the Case for Investing in Africa
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Keywords
international financial markets; portfolio choice; emerging markets; Africa; market correlation; stock markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
- G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
- F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2013-03-23 (Africa)
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