Speculative attacks to currency target zones: A market microstructure approach

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-582

  Carrera, José M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

F31; Foreign exchange; G15; Market microstructure; Speculative attacks; Target zones; Trader behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001493439     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5398(99)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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