Chollete, Loran; De la Peña, Víctor H.; Lu, Ching-Chih - Universitetet <Stavanger> / School of Business … - 2009
The viability of international diversification involves balancing benefits and costs.This balance hinges on the degree … of asset dependence. In light of theoretical researchlinking diversification and dependence, we examine international … diversification usingtwo measures of dependence: correlations and copulas. We document several findings.First, both measures agree …