Objectives of hedging and optimal hedge ratios: US vs Japanese investors

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 137-153

  Sener, Tulin ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency hedging; Equity portfolio; F21; F31; G11; International diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011964644     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-444x(98)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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