A primer on the exposure of non-financial corporations to foreign exchange rate risk

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 394-413

  Bartram, Söhnke M ^a   Dufey, Günter ^b,d   Frenkel, Michael R ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; Derivatives; Exposure; Foreign exchange rates; Hedging; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144498048     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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