What drives currency predictability?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-106

  Potì, Valerio ^a   Siddique, Akhtar ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b not available   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange; Market efficiency; Predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877817780     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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