Foreign exchange rate expectations: Survey and synthesis

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-165

  Jongen, Ron ^a   Verschoor, Willem F C ^b   Wolff, Christian C P ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; Expectations; Heterogeneity; Microstructure; Risk premium; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL MARKET; HETEROGENEITY; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 38849161457     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2007.00523.x     Document Type: Review

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