Resolving the exposure puzzle: The many facets of exchange rate exposure

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-173

  Bartram, Söhnke M ^a   Brown, Gregory W ^b   Minton, Bernadette A ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Derivatives; FX exposure; Hedging; International finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149088231     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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