The Asian crisis exchange risk exposure of US multinationals

Managerial Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 710-740

  Verschoor, Willem F C ^a   Muller, Aline ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Exchange rates; Financial risk; Multinational companies; Stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015686580     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350710776253     Document Type: Article

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