A survey of market practitioners' views on exchange rate dynamics

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 401-419

  Cheung, Yin Wong ^a   Wong, Clement Yuk Pang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exchange rate dynamics; Foreign exchange traders; Microstructure; Survey study

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET;

CHINA; JAPAN; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033938149     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(99)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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