In this paper, we analyze the influence of hedging with forward contracts on the firm's probability of bankruptcy. The minimization of this probability can serve as a substitute for the maximization of shareholders' wealth. It is shown that the popular minimum-variance-hedge is generally neither...

This paper develops a theory of a firm's hedging decision with endogenous leverage. In contrast to previous models in the literature, our framework is based on less restrictive distributional assumptions and allows a closed-form analytical solution to the joint optimization problem. Using...

This article examines the issuer pricing of structured products during exchange trading in November 2001, comparing daily closing quotes of roughly 170 reverse convertibles and 740 discount certificates to values based on duplication strategies using call options traded on the Eurex (European...