Managerial ownership and corporate hedging

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1245-1280

  Spanò, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hedging; Managerial ownership; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148825862     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02024.x     Document Type: Article

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