Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66643 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research [ISSN:] 1791-3373 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Kavala Institute of Technology [Place:] Kavala [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 71-99
Publisher: 
Kavala Institute of Technology, Kavala
Abstract: 
This paper presents the extensive literature survey based both on theoretical rationales for hedging as well as the empirical evidence that support the implications of the theory regarding the arguments for the corporate risk management relevance and its influence on the company's value. The survey of literature presented in this paper has revealed that there are two chief classes of rationales for corporate decision to hedge - maximisation of shareholder value or maximisation of managers' private utility. The paper concludes that, the total benefit of hedging is the combination of all these motives and, if the costs of using corporate risk management instruments are less than the benefits provided via the avenues mentioned in this paper, or any other benefit perceived by the market, then risk management is a shareholder-value enhancing activity.
Subjects: 
risk management
transitional economies
perception and management of risk
empirical Surveys
JEL: 
G32
G30
P31
Document Type: 
Article

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