The motives for corporate hedging among UK multinationals

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-171

  Joseph, Nathan Lael ^a   Hewins, Robin David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude to risk; Corporate hedging motives; Financial markets; Firm characteristics; Foreign exchange risk; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000594136     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(199704)2:2<151::AID-IJFE41>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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