series patterns for currency risk management.Our approach is Bayesian where extensive use is made of Markov chainMonte Carlo … disturbancedensities) are investigated in relation to the hedging decision strategies.Consequently, we can make a distinction between …

Consider a simple two-state risk with equal probabilities for the two states. In particular, assume that the random … way, we can extend and generalize existing results about risk attitudes. This lottery preference includes behavior … exhibiting higher order risk effects, such as precautionary effects and tempering effects. …

uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable …

. For example, the nature of monotonicity of the indifference curve depends on the underlying mean. Price hedging decisions … hedging decisions within the prospect theory. We illustrate our general considerations with a thoroughly worked out example. …

This paper studies the impact of counter-party default risk of forward contracts on a firm's production and hedging … decisions. Using a model of a risk-averse competitive firm under price uncertainty, it derives several fundamental results. If … expected profits from forward contracts are zero, the hedge ratio is surprisingly not affected by default risk under general …

corporate hedging: equity value maximising strategies and strategies determined by managerial risk aversion. The first category …Finance theory does not provide a comprehensive framework for explaining risk management within the imperfect financial … environment in which firms operate. Corporate managers, however, rank risk management as one of their most important objectives …