This paper suggests some extensions to Tilley and Eilon's paper on ranking ventures. Tilley and Eilon consider concave utility functions consisting of two linear segments and this allows all rectangular distributions to be ordered. Such utility functions have a wide scope and allow other...

It is shown that the effect of increased probability of loss on the demand for insurance depends on whether both insured and insurer are aware of the change. When both insurer and insured share the same beliefs about the probability of loss (symmetric information), an increase in the loss...

This paper examines the impact of the presence of a forward exchange market on the financial and operational decisions of a multinational firm. The study concentrates especially on the effects of increased uncertainly and increased risk aversion on the part of the multinational firm. It is shown...