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participants’ risk perceptions trigger derivatives trading, which in turn lead to changes in the spot exchange rate without capital …
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This paper analyse the use of foreign exchange derivatives by non-financial publicly traded Brazilian companies from … 2007 to 2009. Using balance-sheet data on firms’ positions in derivatives and their foreign exchange exposure, the paper … the volume of derivatives used during this period, but used them in line with their currency exposure – and active …
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We examine whether cultural differences between countries help in explaining firms' hedging decisions. For this, we manually collect data on the hedging behavior of worldwide energy utilities. The analysis reveals a strong impact of a country's long-term orientation, which reduces the...
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of derivatives as a risk management policy tool reduces companies' cost of capital. In contrast to other countries …
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way of structuring a risk management tool in Islamic finance. It explores the highly debated area of derivatives in …
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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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-increasing/-constant strategies. In addition, we find that a CEO's affiliation to the owner's family seems to reduce the amount of derivatives a firms …
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-insect derivatives-that provide growers a market-based means of transferring insect risk to speculators or others who may profit from …. Economic simulation models show how insect derivatives can improve risk-return results for a representative cotton farm in the … Imperial Valley of California. The results suggest that insect derivatives may become important risk management tools for a …
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