How do financial firms manage risk? Unraveling the interaction of financial and operational hedging

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2197-2212

  Hankins, Kristine Watson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Corporater finance; Finance; Financial institutions; Risk management

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE RISK; BANKS; CAPITAL MARKETS; CASH FLOW; FINANCIAL HEDGING; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; HOLDING COMPANY; MANAGEMENT THEORY; OPERATIONAL HEDGING;

INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FINANCE;

EID: 83455206697     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1068     Document Type: Article

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