Many firms face product price risk in foreign currency, uncertain costs in home currency and exchange rate risk. If prices and exchange rates in different countries interact, natural hedges of foreign exchange risk might result. If the effectiveness of such hedges depends on the hedge horizon,...

Dieser Beitrag fasst einige Grundlagen zum Management betrieblicher Währungsrisiken kurz zusammen. Darauf werden die Bewegungen der deutsch-russischen (bzw. europäisch-russischen) Währungsparitäten aufgezeigt. Es ergeben sich signifikante Auswirkungen auf die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit deutscher...

Previous studies find a monotonic positive relationship between a firm's internationalization and its foreign exchange hedging. We argue that high levels of internationalization can reduce the need for foreign exchange hedging through diversification (e.g. sales to several markets) and...

In this paper I investigate whether the use of foreign exchange (FX) derivatives adds value to German firms, which together make up one of the major export economies in the world. I analyze a unique, hand-collected dataset that includes information on the use of FX derivatives by 391 firms...