Hedge fund leverage

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-126

  Ang, Andrew ^a,b   Gorovyy, Sergiy ^a   van Inwegen, Gregory B ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Citi Private Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative investments; Capital structure; Exposure; Hedging; Long short positions; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860410073     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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