Foreign Exchange Exposure of ‘Domestic’ Corporations
Posted: 24 Dec 2010
Date Written: December 23, 2010
Abstract
Unlike prior studies on foreign exchange risk that have focused on multinational companies, this paper documents that domestic companies face significant foreign exchange exposure. Indeed, we document that on average domestic company foreign exchange exposure is not significantly different from the exposures faced by multinational firms. As expected, the number of domestic firms with significant foreign exchange exposure increases with the exposure estimation horizon. More interestingly, the level of domestic firm exposure is significantly negatively related to firm size and asset turnover, and positively related to the market to book ratio and financial leverage. Our results have important implications for managers, policy makers, and accounting standards
Keywords: Exchange Rate Exposure, Foreign Exchange Risk, Currency Exposure, Currency Risk
JEL Classification: F23, F31, G15
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