Inferential expectations

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Menzies, Gordon Douglas ^a   Zizzo, Daniel John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exchange rate; Expectations; Macroeconomics; Rationality; Term structure; Uncovered Interest Parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449116386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.1710     Document Type: Article

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