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Friend or Foe? Foreign Investors and the Liquidity of Six Asian Markets

  1. Diego A. Agudelo*

Article first published online: 25 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6156.2010.01012.x

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Asia‐Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Special Issue: Studies of Market Microstructure in Emerging Markets

Volume 39, Issue 3, pages 261–300, June 2010

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Agudelo, D. A. (2010), Friend or Foe? Foreign Investors and the Liquidity of Six Asian Markets. Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, 39: 261–300. doi: 10.1111/j.2041-6156.2010.01012.x

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  1. Finance Department, EAFIT University

* Corresponding author: Diego A. Agudelo, Kra. 49 7 Sur 50. Finance Department, EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia. Tel: +57 4 2619510, Fax: +57 4 2619294, email: dagudelo@eafit.edu.co.

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  1. Issue published online: 25 MAY 2010
  2. Article first published online: 25 MAY 2010
  3. Received 15 August 2009; Accepted 22 January 2010

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