Psychological barriers in gold prices?

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-230

  Aggarwal, Raj ^a   Lucey, Brian M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gold; M values; Market psychology; Psychological barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947390045     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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