Are banks market timers or market makers? Explaining foreign exchange trading profits

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-60

  Ammer, John ^a   Brunner, Allan D ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank trading activities; Efficient markets hypothesis; Foreign exchange markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031116435     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-4431(97)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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