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To what extent does human capital increase the home country bias?

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  • Boonstra, Bernard
  • Sterken, Elmer

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This paper analyses the role of human capital as a hedge against future unexpected changes in consumption of nontradable goods. We show, in line with Baxter-Jermann (1997) that human capital aggra- vates the home country bias, although we a lower increase of the bias based on an empirical analysis for the U.S. economy.

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  • Boonstra, Bernard & Sterken, Elmer, 2001. "To what extent does human capital increase the home country bias?," Research Report 01E03, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management).
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