Chen, Jun; King, Tao-Hsien Dolly - In: Journal of Corporate Finance 29 (2014) C, pp. 221-245
For a large sample of U.S. firms from 1994 to 2009, we empirically examine the impact of corporate hedging on the cost of public debt. We find strong evidence that hedging is associated with a lower cost of debt. The negative effect of hedging on the cost of debt is consistent across industries,...