In this paper, we study how a competitive banking firm can use a variable deposit rate to insure against profit risk from risky assets and how the utility of the bank manager is affected by this kind of risk management policy. Furthermore, we study the advantage of a risk management policy which...

Due to political and economic integration, firms face increasing opportunities for locating their activities in countries, regions and cities that provide the best business environment for their specific needs. In our study, we focus on the impact of economic risk and risk preferences upon...

The article addresses the issue of derivative activities that affect marketable and non-marketable risks against the background of the principal legal stipulations of the 'Corporate Sector Supervision and Transparency Act' (KonTraG). The control of risk is analysed by using derivative activities...

In this study the hedging behaviour of a competitive risk-averse exporting firm is examined which produces under exchange rate uncertainty and which owns other sources of risky income. It is shown that the well-known separation theorem holds, when a forward market for foreign exchange is...

Abstract This paper considers a model of spatial allocation of investment capital under uncertainty. We demonstrate that the spatial concentration of economic activity depends upon properties of risk preferences deeper than risk aversion. The degree of so-called relative prudence unambiguously...

The aim of this study is to analyze the importance of the elasticity of risk aversion with regard to an increase in exchange rate risk for exports and hedging in an international firm. Mean-variance preferences allow for an immediate study of the entailed substitution and income effect. These...

Due to globalization competitive firms face increasing economic opportunities for locating their activities in countries, regions and cities that provide the best business environment for their specific needs. In our study we focus on the impact of economic risk and risk preferences upon...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht ein Duopol bei unsicherer Nachfrage unter Risikoaversion. Die Produktion der gesamten Industrie fällt durch die Einführung von Nachfrageunsicherheit; der Marktpreis steigt wegen des schwächeren Wettbewerbs. Damit ist die Veränderung des Gewinns und des...