We study the impact of transparency in a commodity market on the decision problem of a competitive firm under price uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable signals which are correlated with the random...

We present a model of a risk-averse exporting firm subject to exchange rate risk. The firm enters an unbiased currency futures market to hedge its exchange rate risk exposure. In the real world there are other ways of evading uncertainty, the most common are holding of inventories. We...

We study the impact of transparency in a commodity market on the decision problem of a competitive firm under price uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable signals which are correlated with the random...

Ein Thema, das in der jüngeren außenwirtschaftlichen Literatur zunehmend Beachtung findet, ist die Wahl der Währung, in der internationale Handelstransaktionen abgerechnet (fakturiert) werden. Es geht um die Frage, ob ein international tätiges Unternehmen den Preis für Güter oder...