The choice of hedging techniques and the characteristics of UK industrial firms

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-184

  Joseph, Nathan Lael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange exposure; Hedging techniques; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195768     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-444x(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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