Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper addresses a key puzzle in international finance: whether exchange rates follow a random walk or exhibit ...

Consider the number of steps needed by algorithms to locate the minimum of functions defined on the d-cube, where the functions are known to have no local minima except the global minimum. Regard this ...

The random walk theorem, first presented by French mathematician Louis Bachelier in 1900 and then expanded upon by economist Burton Malkiel in his 1973 book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, asserts ...

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Random walk theory proposes that stock prices move unpredictably, making it impossible to predict future movements based solely on past trends. This financial theory, first popularized by economist ...