01699cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003089 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451855630 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lane, Philip. International Investment Patterns / Philip Lane, Gian Milesi-Ferretti. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (45 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper provides a systematic analysis of bilateral, source and host factors driving portfolio equity investment across countries, using newly-released data on international equity holdings at the end of 2001. It develops a model that links bilateral equity holdings to bilateral trade in goods and services and finds that the data strongly support such a correlation. Larger bilateral positions are also associated with proxies for informational proximity. It further documents that the scale of aggregate foreign equity asset and liability holdings is larger for richer countries and countries with more developed stock markets. Mode of access: Internet Milesi-Ferretti, Gian. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/134 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2004/134/001.2004.issue-134-en.xml IMF e-Library