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...

The competitive allocation of labor across different sectors of an economy may not be socially optimal when one sector uses foreign capital. We argue that a suitably designed government intervention is required to restrict the sectors to their optimal size and maximize national welfare. Such a...

The competitive allocation of labor across different sectors of an economy may not be socially optimal when one sector uses foreign capital. We argue that a suitably designed government intervention is required to restrict the sectors to their optimal size and maximize national welfare. Such a...

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...