Corporate use of derivatives and excess value of diversification

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 889-913

  Lin, J Barry ^a   Pantzalis, Christos ^a   Park, Jung Chul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification discount; Financial risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847094611     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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