Is the foreign exchange market 'risky'? Some new survey-based results

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  MacDonald, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange risk premia; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033636228     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-444x(99)00016-x     Document Type: Article

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