Summary The experimental evidence gathered in this study indicates that a preference for domestic investments exists even under fixed exchange rates and in the absence of factors commonly understood to give rise to asymmetric portfolios. Adding exchange rate risk does not - contrary to theory -...

Summary We study the historical trends in the coverage of the related topics growth and stability in the field of macroeconomics. It is argued that over the past 25 years research on growth has quantitatively dominated research on output variability. The article seeks to make a contribution to...