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Foreign Exchange Volume: Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing?

In: The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets

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Richard K. Lyons

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This chapter was published in: Richard K. Lyons The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets, , pages 183-208, 1996.

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Jeffrey A. Frankel & Giampaolo Galli & Alberto Giovannini, 1996. "The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number fran96-1.
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