Exchange rates, interventions, and the predictability of stock returns in Japan

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-172

  Hartmann, Daniel ^a   Pierdzioch, Christian ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange market interventions; Japan; Predictability of stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847044762     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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