Risk aversion, foreign exchange speculation and gambler's ruin

Economica

Volumn 65, Issue 259, 1998, Pages 441-453

  Carlson, John A ^a  

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EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET;

EID: 0031792134     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00138     Document Type: Article

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