| Gold is one of the most malleable, ductile, dense, conductive, non-destructive, brilliant, and beautiful of metals. This unique set of qualities has made it a coveted object for most of human history in almost every civilization, and there have been active gold markets for over 6,000 years Green (2007).
As money, as an investment, as a store and source of value, hundreds of papers have been written on Gold. This review provides a state of the art overview of this voluminous research, and acts as an introduction to this special issue of the International Review of Financial Analysis, while also assisting as a source of reference for future research...............................................Full Article: Source
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