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This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
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empirical viewpoint. Previous research analyzed portfoliotheoretical issues, mispricing patterns, and counterparty risk. This …, we use both a risk neutral and a loss averse value function. Individual preferences prove relevant especially for those …
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This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265111
This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first order stochastic...
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This paper establishes theoretical and empirical linkages between union wage setting and the structure of the wage distribution. Theoretically, we identify conditions under which a right-to-manage model implies compression of the wage distribution in the union sector relative to the nonunion...
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Many firms face product price risk in foreign currency, uncertain costs in home currency and exchange rate risk. If … prices and exchange rates in different countries interact, natural hedges of foreign exchange risk might result. If the … important implications for the design of risk management strategies. …
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realistic decision structure than the one usually used in this literature, we find that risk averse agents will not buy forwards …
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overall market risk vis-?-vis currency risk). The main innovation lies in testing implications of exchange rate adjustment … costs (hedging costs) for firm values and exposure. Based on time series data of German DAX companies, DM/ dollar rates and …
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) continues to be prevalent makes MGRM?s strategy of hedging long-term supply commitments with short-dated futures contracts look …
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Seit Jahresanfang ist in Deutschland die Auflage von Hedge-Fonds erlaubt. In der Beurteilung solcher Fonds gibt es erhebliche Unterschiede. Während viele Beobachter vor dem Hintergrund ausländischer Erfahrungen die einzel- und gesamtwirtschaftlichen Gefahren der „Zockerportfolios“...
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