Uncertainty about fundamentals and herding behavior in the FOREX market

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1215-1222

  Kaltwasser, Pablo Rovira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belief bias and uncertainty; Econophysics; Fundamental exchange rate; Herding behavior

Indexed keywords

FINANCE;

BELIEF BIAS AND UNCERTAINTY; ECONOPHYSICSS; EXCHANGE RATES; FOREX MARKETS; HERDING BEHAVIORS; HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 72549085238     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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