International portfolio diversification for European countries: The viewpoint of Hungarian and German investors (original) (raw)
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* Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 504, University of Mannheim and from the Hungarian National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA F023499) are gratefully acknowledged. The paper was prepared during visits of the first named author at the University of Mannheim and the second named author at the Janus Pannonius University of Pecs. We thank O. H. Jacobs (University of Mannheim), M. Schröder (Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) and A. Töth (Information Center of the Budapest Stock Exchange) for their support.
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