hedging opportunity is introduced by a forward market where the foreign currency can be traded on. We investigate two settings …: First we assume that hedging and output decisions are taken simultaneously. We show that hedging is just done for risk … managing reasons as it is not possible to use hedging strategically. In this setting the well-known separation result of the …

conditions under which export production is stimulated when the hedging device becomes more effective. In any case the exporting … firm benefits from imperfectly hedging exchange rate risk. …

exchange rate risk and hedging. Information is described in terms of market transparency, i.e., a publicly observable signal …

uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable …

/Estrin 2004) together with the fact that almost all (92 %) of the world's top 500 companies enter derivatives markets for hedging …

liquidate the futures position. We show that preferences and expectations become important for optimumexport and hedging …

Using a two-moment decision model this paper analyzes corporate hedging behavior in the presence of unified and …, therefore, the incentive for hedging reduces. We demonstrate that pure hedging is differently affected by taxation than … speculative hedging is. Analysing tax-sensitivity of the corporate hedge shows that a higher risk in the first place may reduce …