Openness, hedging incentives and foreign exchange exposure: A firm-level multi-country study

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-122

  Hutson, Elaine ^a   Stevenson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic openness; Exchange risk pricing; Firm exposure; Foreign exchange management and risk; Openness to trade;

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449202639     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.32     Document Type: Article

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