This paper focuses on the dynamics of international financial integration for a set of 13 industrial countries including Australia over the period 1990 to 2003 by analysing data on the level and composition of foreign assets and liabilities. The study provides insights into the broad trends on...

Preliminary results suggests that Australia's external holdings of equity and debt as a percentage of national income almost doubled between 1997 and 2001. However, Australia international investment position as a percentage of national income is one of the lowest among the major OECD countries....

The rapid increase in international capital flows is one of the most significant developments in the global economy in recent decades. International portfolio diversification brings potential benefits to investors by offering investors the opportunity to insulate their portfolios from domestic...

This paper focuses on the dynamics of international financial integration for a set of 13 industrial countries including Australia over the period 1990 to 2003 by analysing data on the level and composition of foreign assets and liabilities. The objective of the study is to provide insights into...

In this article, we analyse the geography of Australia's international portfolio investment using the International Monetary Fund's Co-ordinated Portfolio Investment Survey dataset. Preliminary results suggest that Australia's external holdings of equity and debt as a percentage of national...

Research in this thesis investigates the following issue; dynamics of international financial integration; international portfolio equity investment patterns; Australian investors? equity investment position in the global economy; and finally geographical and home bias related to equity...

In this paper we study the effect of quality of institutions in the OECD and Asian host countries on outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks of source OECD countries using International Country Risk Guide governance indicators, for the period 1991 to 2001. We find that better institutions...