Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22420
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 308
Publisher: 
Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Hannover
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the behaviour and motivation of fund managers in foreign exchange markets reflected in questionnaire evidence. We find that fund managers and FX dealers differ significantly. Fund managers rely more on fundamentals, basically due to their longer forecasting horizons, and reject non-fundamental influences on exchange rates more than FX dealers. However, neither can fund managers be considered as pure fundamentalists. Non-fundamentalist positions markedly influence short-term decision-making. They inspire ambivalent views about market imperfections and these views seem to become stronger over time. This latter change counterbalances the strengthening fundamental influences resulting from the rise of fund managers.
Subjects: 
foreign exchange
market microstructure
fund management
fundamentals
JEL: 
G23
F31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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