"This paper examines the impact of short-sale constraints on the magnitude of international diversification benefit for U.S. investors during the period of 1976-1998. The diversification benefit is measured as the increase in expected return when switching from the U.S. equity index portfolio to...

This paper examines the international diversification benefits subject to portfolio constraints --- in particular, constraints on short selling. We show that the international diversification benefits remain substantial for U.S. equity investors when they are prohibited from short selling in...

This paper examines the international diversification benefits when short-selling is not allowed. We show that the benefits remain substantial for US equity investors when they are prohibited from short-selling in emerging markets. This result is also true for emerging market stocks that are...

This paper examines the international diversification benefits subject to portfolio constraints - in particular, constraints on short selling. We show that the international diversification benefits remain substantial for U.S. equity investors when they are prohibited from short selling in...

U.S. investors have traditionally been reluctant to acquire foreign securities_in part, perhaps, because they fear that restrictions on trading in foreign markets will sharply limit any gains they might realize from diversifying their portfolios. An analysis of the effects of one type of...