What drives heterogeneity in foreign exchange rate expectations: Insights from a new survey

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-367

  Dreger, Christian ^a   Stadtmann, Georg ^b,c  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exchange rate expectations; Expected fundamentals; Heterogeneity of expectations

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EXCHANGE RATE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HETEROGENEITY; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING;

EID: 66249086549     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: 10991158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.359     Document Type: Article

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