Chartists, fundamentalists and exchange rate dynamics

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-290

  Levin, Jay H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chartists; Exchange rate dynamics; Fundamentalists; Speculative bubble

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005785888     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(199710)2:4<281::AID-JFE56>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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