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In this paper, using network tools, I analyse systemic impacts of liquidity shocks in interbank market in case of endogenous haircuts. Gai, Haldane and Kapadia (2011) introduce a benchmark for liquidity crisis following haircut shocks, and Gorton and Metrick (2010) reveal the evidence from...
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Although developing economies are more volatile, firms in developed countries hold more cash and less debt. We show that despite greater aggregate and industry stability, the performance and balance sheets of individual firms in developed countries are more volatile. In developing countries,...
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In this study, we examine characteristics of Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) used as a financing tool for companies from China in period 2004-2011. We offer the evidence that, similarly to evidence from studies on reverse mergers focusing on China, SPACs that focus on China are...
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We draw on a comprehensive set of data of all registered firms in Thailand to examine whether firm size affects the relation between leverage and operating performance during the global financial crisis of 2007–2009. From a data set of 496,430 firm-year observations of a sample of 170,013...
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reasons why hedging should lead to enhanced shareholder value, but empirical evidence in support of a substantial value … increase from hedging is, at best, mixed. In this paper, we synthesize the empirical evidence for value enhancement in firms …' hedging with derivatives using a statistical meta-analysis combining data from 47 different studies. Our findings indicate …
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We argue that commodity input hedging is different from commodity output hedging. Output hedging can be detrimental to … prices. In rational markets such hedging will be expensive and we expect to see a negative relationship between hedging and … currency hedging. Finally, our empirical framework, which differentiates between hedging inputs and hedging outputs, can also …
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We use a case study of a pension plan wishing to hedge the longevity risk in its pension liabilities at a future date. The plan has the choice of using either a customised hedge or an index hedge, with the degree of hedge effectiveness being closely related to the correlation between the value...
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evaluate the impact of hedging strategies adopted by our sample firms on the exchange-rate exposure. Our evidence suggests that … currency derivatives for hedging and not for speculative purposes. These results are found to be robust to alternative ways of …
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French Abstract. L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser l’évolution du profil de risque des hedge funds pour parvenir à mieux se protéger contre un risque de faillite. L’étude de cas porte sur la débâcle d’Amaranth Advisors, hedge fund multi-stratégique qui a perdu plus de 6...
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This paper examines whether the stock market valuation impact is consistent with subsequent operating performance of firms. We use data for equity rights offerings - the widely adopted flotation method in the Netherlands. We first examine the stock market announcement effect of rights issues and...
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