Currency hedging and corporate governance: A cross-country analysis

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-237

  Lel, Ugur ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Derivatives; Hedging; International finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855805958     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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