The Latin American exchange exposure of U.S. multinationals

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-130

  Muller, A ^a,b   Verschoor, Willem F C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exchange rate risk; Geographic diversification; Long term exposure; Multinational firms; Stock return volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649110521     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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