Foreign exchange risk management by Swedish and Korean nonfinancial firms: A comparative survey

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-366

  Pramborg, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange exposure; Hedging; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044384939     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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