U.S. investors are the largest group of international equity investors in the world, but to date conclusive evidence on which types of foreign firms are able to attract U.S. investment is not available. Using a comprehensive dataset of all U.S. investment in foreign equities, we find that the...

Nonlinearities arise in international investment because of a pecking order in barriers. Some severe barriers render all others meaningless, and only when they are alleviated do other barriers become important. We show, using quantile regressions designed to model relations at more points than...

While foreigners are prominent in the Treasury market and in theoretical and empirical work, little is known about the nature of their Treasury portfolios. We provide novel evidence on foreigners' U.S. Treasury portfolios based on data not yet used by researchers: the security-level Treasury...

Nonlinearities arise in international investment because of a pecking order in barriers. Some severe barriers render all others meaningless and only when they are alleviated do other barriers become important. We show, using quantile regressions designed to model relations at more points than...

U.S. investors are the largest group of international equity investors in the world, but to date conclusive evidence on which types of foreign firms are able to attract U.S. investment is not available. Using a comprehensive dataset of all U.S. investment in foreign equities, we find that the...

Nonlinearities arise in international investment because of a pecking order in barriers. Some severe barriers render all others meaningless, and only when alleviated do other barriers become important. Quantile regressions, designed to model relations at more points than just the conditional...