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...

Instruments of risk mitigation play an important role in managing country risk within the foreign direct investment (FDI) decision. Our study assesses country risk by state-dependent preferences and introduces futures contracts as a tool of risk mitigation. We show that foreign direct investment...

In this paper we study the impact of more transparency in the foreign exchange market on the ex ante expected volume of international trade. Transparency is measured by the informational content of publicly observable signals. These signals convey information about the use of policy instruments...