Hedging operating and financing risk with financial derivatives during the global financial crisis

We investigate whether firms properly protect values from sudden exchange rate changes using financial derivatives. Sampling Korean firms, we compare firms experiencing significant changes in exchange rate exposures to firms experiencing no such changes surrounding the global financial crisis. We fi...

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Published in:The journal of futures markets 2021-03, Vol.41 (3), p.384-405
Main Authors: Bae, Sung C., Kwon, Taek Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Companies
Derivatives
Derivatives (Financial instruments)
Economic crisis
financial derivatives
Financing
financing risk hedging
Foreign exchange rates
global financial crisis
Hedging (Finance)
International finance
Korean firms
operating risk hedging
Values
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Summary:We investigate whether firms properly protect values from sudden exchange rate changes using financial derivatives. Sampling Korean firms, we compare firms experiencing significant changes in exchange rate exposures to firms experiencing no such changes surrounding the global financial crisis. We find that the former outnumbers the latter, uses more derivatives for hedging, and has lower firm values. We further show that the lower firm values are more pronounced for firms hedging financing risk than firms hedging operating risk with derivatives, indicating more difficulty of hedging financing risk in the face of a sharp depreciation of local currency during the crisis.
ISSN:0270-7314
1096-9934
DOI:10.1002/fut.22174