This paper is a comparative study of the responses to the 1995 Wharton School survey of derivative usage among US non … derivative usage is most common, followed closely by interest rate derivatives, with commodity derivatives a distant third. In … contrast to the similarities, firms in the two countries differ notably on issues such as the primary goal of hedging, their …

beginnings of real estate derivative markets is the advance in home price index construction methods, notably the repeat sales …

In line with the fallacy of riskification of uncertainty by which decision makers believe that the effects of … institutional theory that points to stakeholder and institutional dynamics affecting economic incentives to invest in prevention and … business continuity. Taken together, this article offers the foundation for a behaviorally plausible, decision …

, the hedging activity that requires a variance determined hedge ratio is an important component of the success of a …

Derivative contracts, swaps, and repos enjoy "super-senior" status in bankruptcy: they are exempt from the automatic …, even though this risk could be borne more efficiently by derivative counterparties. In addition, because super …-senior derivatives dilute existing creditors, they may lead firms to take on derivative positions that are too large from a social …