Finance theory does not provide a comprehensive framework for explaining risk management within the imperfect financial … corporate hedging: equity value maximising strategies and strategies determined by managerial risk aversion. The first category … distress and costs of external finance or to replace home-made hedging by shareholders. The second category considers that …

While the determinants of firms’ optimal hedging strategies on the micro level are well understood, there is rarely any … diverse hedging policies on macroeconomic stability. It addresses this issue by employing theoretical as well as empirical …Deals with the impact of diverse hedging policies on macroeconomic stability. This book addresses this issue by …