The determinants of foreign currency hedging: Does foreign currency debt induce a bias?

European Financial Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-469

  Clark, Ephraim ^a,b   Judge, Amrit ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate hedging; Derivatives; Financial distress; Foreign currency debt; Foreign currency hedging

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749124432     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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