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The Impact of Derivatives Usage on Firm Value: Evidence from Greece
KAPITSINAS, SPYRIDON - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper presents evidence on the use of derivative contracts in the risk management process of Greek non-financial firms and its potential impact on firm value. The sample of the research consists of 81 Greek non-financial firms with exposure to financial risks that are listed in the Athens...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835560
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Solutions to incertitude: risk management in insurances
Mitu, Narcis Eduard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Business and risk have always been considered complementary concepts. Many companies are successful because of their ability to correctly recognize and to direct successfully all the risks resulting from the activities developed. Thus, we may say without being wrong, that risk represents an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836704
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Derivatives Usage in Risk Management by Non-Financial Firms: Evidence from Greece
KAPITSINAS, SPYRIDON - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper presents evidence on the use of derivative contracts in the risk management process of Greek non-financial firms. The survey was conducted by sending a questionnaire to 110 non-financial firms and its results are compared with the findings of previous surveys: 33.9% of non-financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837202
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The Impact of Oil Shocks on Qatar’s GDP
Al-mulali, Usama; Sab, Che; Normee, Che - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study examines the impact of oil shocks on Qatar’s gross domestic product using time series data from the period … employed in this study. From the results we concluded that oil price has a positive effect on Qatar’s gross domestic product …, but at the expense of higher inflation. Qatar seems to have suffered from financial surpluses and rapid economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776850
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The Nexus between Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Bahrain
Hamdi, Helmi; Sbia, Rashid; Shahbaz, Muhammad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
growth in case of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Cobb-Douglas production is used over the period of 1980Q1–2010Q4. We have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258336
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Energy consumption, emissions and economic growth in an oil producing country
Ismail, Mohd Adib; Mawar, Murni Yunus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Bahrain. As required by the Kyoto Protocol where Bahrain has ratified in 2006, it is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions … is crucial as it will justify appropriate steps should be taken by Bahrain to reduce emissions without affecting her …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259502
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Short-run and Long-run causality between electricity consumption and economic growth in a small open economy
HAMDI, Helmi; SBIA, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
kingdom of Bahrain during the period 1980–2008. By performing an error-correction model, our results reveal that electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259770
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New Product Development in Tourism:A Middle East Experience
Pillai, Rajasekharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
during 2010. The researchers attempted to explore the potential of the tourism sector in Bahrain and to evaluate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122839
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Dynamic relationships between oil revenues, government spending and economic growth in an oil-dependent economy
Sbia, Rashid; Hamdi, Helmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
growth in the kingdom of Bahrain. Oil revenues are the main source of financing government expenditures and imports of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275135
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Financial Risk Part of Efficiency Rate Variation Related to Equity
Caruntu, Genu Alexandru; Romanescu, Marcel Laurentiu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Every enterprise develops the activity using both equity and borrowed capital, different one by the other through the generated/engendered costs. The financial risk determines the variability of result indicators, thanks to the financial structure of enterprise modification. Due the lack of own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837526