국제재무 연구동향 분석:1997-2012

In this study, we present the result of meta-analysis of published papers in the Korean journal of International Business Review during 10-year period from 1997 to 2012. This study aims to explore how scholarly research on international finance has evolved, using bibliometrics analysis of 56 research papers published in the journal. This study examined the trends in author characteristics, year of publication, affiliations of the published articles, which followed by the analysis in terms of specific issues and methodologies. We attempt to do so by classifying the 379 research papers published in the journal into different categories including strategy, foreign direct investment, international marketing, human resources, regional studies and international finance, among which international finance comprises 15 percent of the articles. Findings reveal that previous research in international finance has been dominated by the fields of volatility spillover, market integration issues and foreign exchange risk management which together accounted for 50 percent of all the publications. Thirty-two percent of the articles in international finance deal the issue of co-movement and integration of global market; 26%, foreign investment and corporate governance; 14%, foreign exchange determination and foreign exchange exposure; and 7%, risk management. Twenty-one percent of the articles were supported by funding.