Hedging, speculation, and shareholder value

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-309

  Adam, Tim R ^a   Fernando, Chitru S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate risk management; Hedging; Hedging benefits; Risk premium; Speculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745949099     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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