Derivative activities and Asia-Pacific banks' interest rate and exchange rate exposures

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-32

  Au Yong, Hue Hwa ^a   Faff, Robert ^a   Chalmers, Keryn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific banks; Derivatives; Exchange rate exposure; Interest rate exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649222321     PISSN: 10424431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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