Given that a multinational enterprise can react flexibly upon exchange rate movements, international trade flows may be interpreted as an option. An enterprise will opt to export if the profits obtained from exporting under given exchange rate developments are greater than if foreign subsidiary...

In this paper, we present a multi-stage stochastic programming model that integrates financial hedging decisions into the planning of strategic production networks under uncertain exchange rates and product demands. This model considers the expenses of production plants and the revenues of...

The problem that we address in this paper stems from the trend to delegation in the water management field. The problem that we address refers to the municipality's negotiating disadvantage in the face of some cartelized water management. We discuss the specific characteristics of the delegation...

In einem einfachen theoretischen Erklärungsansatz werden Aspekte eines internationalen Handels in differenzierten Gütern diskutiert. Neben homogenen Gütern können insbesondere differenzierte Güter intraindustriellen Güteraustausch begründen. Von dieser Form der internationalen...

Since the seventies, the Federal Republic of Germany has become increasingly integrated in the world economy through it's high rates of foreign direct investment carried out by German multinational enterprises. In the limelight of the 'job export1 debate which paralleled these investment flows...

In a recent survey of intra-industry trade indices Kol and Mennes (1986) suggested to make a basic distinction between the study of matching trade flows and that of the similiarity oftrade patterns. The present paper shows that in both cases measures of intra-industry trade may be expressed...

This paper examines the production and hedging decisions of the competitive firm under price uncertainty when the firm is not only risk averse but also regret averse. Regret-averse preferences are characterized by a modified utility function that includes disutility from having chosen ex post...

Die Analyse deutscher Fonds mit Blick auf die Exposure in der Ukraine und in Russland zeigt, dass die Risiken relativ gering sind. Dies gilt sowohl für die Anzahl der betroffenen Fonds, der Anzahl der investierenden deutschen Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften und auch für die Höhe der...

Zur Vorteilhaftigkeit des Hedgings für Banken In einem einfach gehaltenen Bankmodell untersucht unser Beitrag das Futures-Hedging einer kompetitiven Bank, die sich Risiken im Aktivgeschäft ausgesetzt sieht. Folgende Aspekte werden herausgearbeitet: Zunächst erfolgt die Analyse der...