Information sources, news, and rumors in financial markets: Insights into the foreign exchange market

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-424

  Oberlechner, Thomas ^a,b   Hocking, Sam ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Banc of America Securities   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Foreign exchange market; Information seeking; News media; Rumors

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942538577     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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