Deze studie onderzoekt het derivatengebruik en de risicomanagementpraktijken van Nederlandse bedrijven.Tevens wordt het derivatengebruik van Nederlandse bedrijven met dat van Amerikaanse bedrijven vergeleken.Aan alle Nederlandse beursgenoteerde niet-financiele bedrijven is een enquete...

This paper tests the influence of institutional differences on risk management practices.Several survey studies have investigated derivatives usage for risk management purposes in the US (see, among others, Bodnar, Hayt, Marston and Smithson, 1995 and Bodnar, Hayt and Marston, 1996, 1998).In...

This Ph.D. thesis investigates capital structure decisions in Dutch firms. Firms are faced with the choice from a variety of sources of financing for the funding of their activities. These choices determine the firms' capital structures. Building on the well known theorems of Modigliani and...