Learning with misspecification in an artificial currency market

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-84

  Georges, Christophre ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; Genetic algorithms; Learning; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645862249     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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