Technical trading rules in the European Monetary System

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-458

  Neely, Christopher J ^a   Weller, Paul A ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

European Monetary System; Exchange rates; G0; G14; Genetic programming; Target zones; Technical analysis; Trading rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001548699     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(99)85005-0     Document Type: Article

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