Foreign-denominated debt and foreign currency deravatives: Complements or substitutes in hedging foreign currency risk?

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-139

  Elliott, William B ^a   Huffman, Stephen P ^b   Makar, Stephen D ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Currency derivatives; Foreign debt; Hedging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037375390     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-444X(02)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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