Optimal Managerial Compensation and Financial Hedging in Commodity Procurement
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Hedging in Commodity Procurement Masha Shunko Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, [email protected] Laurens Debo Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, [email protected] Lin Nan Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, [email protected] Nicola Secomandi Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, [email protected]
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