This paper surveys and investigates Swedish firms' use of capital budgeting techniques for
foreign direct investments. We document that the use of the theoretically correct net present …

Using a sample of Swedish firms we investigate the risk reducing effect of foreign exchange
exposure hedging. Further, we investigate risk reduction from using different hedging …

… Panel (B) contains the mean rank that was assigned to each alternative by those firms …
Panel (B) contains the mean rank assigned to each alternative. The last column of panel (B) …

… Table 1 presents firm characteristics (Panel A) and summary results from the surveys (Panel
B) for these observations. In Panel B, the first row shows the measure foreign activity, which …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate Swedish non‐financial firms’ use of
derivatives in 2003 and to compare the results with an earlier study investigating Swedish firms …

Previous studies have found mixed evidence on whether hedging increases firm value. Some
studies have shown that managerial incentives may influence firm hedging. In this paper …

We investigate whether the use of dual-class shares affects the financial policy of Swedish
public corporations. Specifically, we distinguish between firms that are controlled by owners …

… Like Panel A, Panel B presents the results broken down by size group. From Panel B it
can be seen that 54.2% of the pooled sample used currency derivatives or foreign-denominated …

To be successful in the private equity industry, funds must manage the many aspects of risk
that are associated with venture capital and buy‐out investing. This study provides survey …

In this study, we examine the returns and investment policies for portfolios of stocks and bonds
with and without hedge funds. We apply the discrete-time dynamic investment model that …