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Emerging Markets of South-East and Central Asia: Do They Still Offer a Diversification Benefit?

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The benefits to the domestic investor from diversifying internationally have been documented widely; see, for example, Grubel (1968), Levy and Sarnat (1970), Lessard (1973), Solnik (1974) and Solnik and Noetzlin (1982). A belief widely held by academics and practitioners is that a portfolio should be well diversified to maximise potential risk-adjusted performance.

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    Christian L. Dunis (Professor of Banking and Finance, Director)

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    Christian L. Dunis (Professor of Banking and Finance, Director) & Gary Shannon (Associate Researcher)

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Dunis, C.L., Shannon, G. (2016). Emerging Markets of South-East and Central Asia: Do They Still Offer a Diversification Benefit?. In: Satchell, S. (eds) Asset Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30794-7_10

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