Are corporations reducing or taking risks with derivatives?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-118

  Hentschel, Ludger ^a   Kothari, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035586710     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676199     Document Type: Article

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