Heterogeneity in exchange rate expectations: Evidence on the chartist-fundamentalist approach

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Menkhoff, Lukas ^a   Rebitzky, Rafael R ^a   Schröder, Michael ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chartists; Dispersion; Exchange rate; Fundamentalists; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249145001     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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