The determinants of foreign exchange rate exposure: Evidence on Japanese firms

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 153-174

  Chow, Edward H ^a   Chen, Hung Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Oriental Securities Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exchange rate exposure; F3; Hedging; Horizon; Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032059612     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-538x(97)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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