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We analyze optimal hedging contracts and show that although hedging aims at sharing risk, it can lead to more risk-taking. News implying that a hedge is likely to be loss-making undermines the risk-prevention incentives of the protection seller. This incentive problem limits the capacity to...
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Derivatives activity, motivated by risk-sharing, can breed risk taking. Bad news about the risk of the asset underlying …
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Derivatives activity, motivated by risk-sharing, can breed risk taking. Bad news about the risk of the asset underlying …
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We analyze optimal hedging contracts and show that although hedging aims at sharing risk, it can lead to more risk-taking. News implying that a hedge is likely to be loss-making undermines the risk-prevention incentives of the protection seller. This incentive problem limits the capacity to...
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