<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the thesis is to describe which foreign exchange risk techniques that are used by medium- and large-sized Swedish companies within the Jönköping region, and how they as well as a bank evaluate the techniques in the current recession.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>The reason why companies decide to expand their operations abroad is to take advantage from imperfections in other national markets. The fluctuations in currencies and exchange rates can have a huge effect on a company’s cash flows when doing business abroad. Therefore, when companies manage their foreign exchange risk, they have to be familiar with all the methods and tools available in order to pick the ones that best suit their needs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We sent out a questionnaire and got it answered by eight companies within the Jönköping region regarding their strategy when managing foreign exchange risk. We have also interviewed a financial adviser, working at Handelsbanken, regarding the techniques offered to companies. A “foreign currency table” located in Linköping, was also contacted. They are in charge of creating recommendations and products sold by Handelsbanken. <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Hedging is the most frequently used tool by the companies in our study. Leading and lagging strategies are used quite often, while swaps and invoice currency is used less frequently by them. Exposure netting and cash pooling does not seem to be used at all. We believe that companies generally should seek more information on new techniques introduced in the market and be open to new possibilities and solutions for managing currency risk. Most of the companies in our sample, according to us, are too comfortable in their choice of techniques.<strong></strong></p> / <p><strong>Syfte: </strong>Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva vilka valutarisk tekniker som används av<strong> </strong>medelstora och stora företag inom Jönköpings området, samt hur dessa företag och en bank utvärderar teknikerna i den rådande lågkonjunkturen.</p><p><strong>Bakgrund: </strong>Anledningen till varför företag väljer att expandera utomlands är för att ta nytta av fördelar som uppstår i andra marknader. Fluktuationer i valutor och valutakurser kan ha stor effekt på företagens kassaflöden när handel utomlands utförs. När företag hanterar sin valutarisk måste de vara familjära med de olika metoder som finns tillgängliga, för att få reda på vilka av dessa som bäst tillgodoser deras behov.</p><p><strong>Metod: </strong>Åtta företag inom Jönköpings regionen, svarade på ett formulär, angående deras strategi när det kommer till hantering av valutarisk. Vi har även intervjuat en företags rådgivare på Handelsbanken, angående teknikerna som de erbjuder företagen. Valutabordet i Linköping har också blivit kontaktat. De har till uppgift att ta fram rekommendationer och produkter som säljs av Handelsbanken.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Slutsats: </strong>Hedging är den teknik som används mest av företagen i vår undersökning. Leading och lagging används rätt så ofta, medan swaps och invoice currency används mer sällan av dem. Exposure netting och cash pooling tycks inte användas alls. Vi anser att företag generellt ska eftersöka mer information om nya tekniker som introduceras på marknaden samt vara öppna för nya möjligheter och lösningar till att hantera valutarisk. De flesta av de undersökta företagen anser vi i dagsläget är för bekväma i sina val av tekniker.</p>

This study aims to investigate currency substitution and financial dollarization in Turkey. The extend of dollarization in Turkey appears to be very high according to both the conventional currency substitution and the recently developed financial dollarization measures. This has serious policy implications as a source of financial fragility through currency/maturity mismatches and balance sheet effects. The empirical part of this study contained an investigation of the long run relationships between the variables in a system containing currency substitution ratio, expected exchange rate change and rates of return on domestic and foreign currency denominated assets. The results of the Johansen cointegration analysis based on quarterly data for the 1987-2004 period appeared not to be strongly supporting the General Portfolio Balance Model (GPBM). The theoretical part of this study suggests that the GPBM can be reduced to the Sequential Portfolio Balance Model (SPBM) under the uncovered interest parity (UIP) hypothesis. Consequently, the GPBM may be misleading under UIP. The Johansen cointegration results suggested the validity of the UIP for the Turkish data. The estimation of the SPBM suggested that there is a long-run relationship between currency substitution and expected exchange rate change in Turkey. The elasticity of currency substitution appeared to be high but consistent with those estimated for other high inflation developing countries. The results further supported the presence of a ratchet/hysteresis effect proxied by a trend variable. All these results are consistent with the argument that currency substitution and financial dollarization are important especially in high inflation countries.

Univ., FB Wirtschaftswiss., Diss.--Hamburg, 2003. / Literaturverz. S. 109 - 121.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-125).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Auburn University, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-173).

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:48:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 141695.pdf.jpg: 10593 bytes, checksum: f7af37696c6c11d00da115a3009b4150 (MD5) 141695.pdf.txt: 165344 bytes, checksum: 847af16c2d59123ffcd94f2bae63b9eb (MD5) 141695.pdf: 450441 bytes, checksum: 8135576d7583f64d8557bef361fe14f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-18T00:00:00Z / This research investigates the factors that lead Latin American non-financial firms to manage risks using derivatives. The main focus is on currency risk management. With this purpose, this thesis is divided into an introduction and two main chapters, which have been written as stand-alone papers. The first paper describes the results of a survey on derivatives usage and risk management responded by the CFOs of 74 Brazilian non-financial firms listed at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA), and the main evidence found is: i) larger firms are more likely to use financial derivatives; ii) foreign exchange risk is the most managed with derivatives; iii) Brazilian managers are more concerned with legal and institutional aspects in using derivatives, such as the taxation and accounting treatment of these instruments, than with issues related to implementing and maintaining a risk management program using derivatives. The second paper studies the determinants of risk management with derivatives in four Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico). I investigate not only the decision of whether to use financial derivatives or not, but also the magnitude of risk management, measured by the notional value of outstanding derivatives contracts. This is the first study, to the best of my knowledge, to use derivatives holdings information in emerging markets. The use of a multi-country setting allows the analysis of institutional and economic factors, such as foreign currency indebtedness, the high volatility of exchange rates, the instability of political and institutional framework and the development of financial markets, which are issues of second-order importance in developed markets. The main contribution of the second paper is on the understanding of the relationship among currency derivatives usage, foreign debt and the sensitivity of operational earnings to currency fluctuations in Latin American countries. Unlikely previous findings for US firms, my evidence shows that derivatives held by Latin American firms are capable of producing cash flows comparable to financial expenses and investments, showing that derivatives are key instruments in their risk management strategies. It is also the first work to show strong and robust evidence that firms that benefit from local currency devaluation (e.g. exporters) have a natural currency hedge for foreign debt that allows them to bear higher levels of debt in foreign currency. This implies that firms under this revenue-cost structure require lower levels of hedging with derivatives. The findings also provide evidence that large firms are more likely to use derivatives, but the magnitude of derivatives holdings seems to be unrelated to the size of the firm, consistent with findings for US firms. / Este trabalho investiga quais são os fatores que levam empresas não financeiras da América Latina a gerenciar seus riscos usando derivativos. O foco principal é a gestão de risco cambial. Para tal, a pesquisa foi escrita dividindo-se em um capítulo introdutório, contendo a motivação da pesquisa e uma revisão da literatura sobre gestão de riscos financeiros, dois capítulos principais e uma conclusão. O segundo capítulo mostra os resultados de um questionário respondido pelos diretores financeiros de 74 empresas listadas na Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (BOVESPA), em que se constatou que: i) empresas maiores são mais propensas a usar derivativos; ii) o risco cambial é o mais freqüentemente gerenciado com derivativos; iii) as questões relativas ao arcabouço jurídico-institucional, tais como a tributação sobre uso de derivativos e o tratamento contábil das operações de hedge preocupam mais os gestores financeiros do que as questões relacionadas à implementação, operacionalização e manutenção dos programas de hedge usando derivativos. O terceiro capítulo estuda os determinantes da gestão de risco nos quatro países mais importantes da América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile e México). Investiga-se não apenas a decisão de utilizar derivativos, como uma variável binária, mas também a intensidade de utilização de derivativos, medida pelo valor nominal dos contratos em aberto. Trata-se do primeiro estudo a utilizar informações sobre as carteiras de derivativos de empresas de países emergentes. O uso de um conjunto de países permite que se compreenda a influência de fatores econômicos e institucionais, em especial o maior endividamento em moeda estrangeira, a maior volatilidade das taxas de câmbio e juros nos países latinoamericanos, a menor estabilidade político-institucional e o menor desenvolvimento dos mercados financeiros, questões que têm uma importância menor em mercados desenvolvidos. A contribuição principal deste trabalho está em auxiliar o entendimento da relação entre o uso de derivativos cambiais e a sensibilidade dos resultados operacionais às flutuações cambiais. Distintamente do que mostram trabalhos anteriores para empresas norte-americanas, a evidência obtida nesse trabalho mostra que as carteiras de derivativos de câmbio das empresas latinoamericanas são capazes de gerar fluxos de caixa comparáveis, em ordem de magnitude, às despesas financeiras e aos investimentos, mostrando que os derivativos são instrumentos chave nas estratégias de gestão de risco das empresas. Também se trata do primeiro trabalho a mostrar evidência forte e robusta que firmas cujos lucros operacionais se beneficiam da desvalorização da moeda local (por exemplo, exportadores), têm uma proteção natural contra o risco de dívida em moeda estrangeira, que permite a essa empresas captar mais dívida externa. Isso implica que empresas que possuem essa estrutura de receitas e custos precisam de menos derivativos para fazer hedge. Também se mostra que empresas maiores são mais propensas a usar derivativos, mas a magnitude das carteiras de derivativos está negativamente relacionada ao tamanho da empresa, o que é consistente com a teoria financeira e está em linha com os resultados obtidos para empresas dos Estados Unidos.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate how companies are affected by currency hedging in international trade. One purpose was to investigate and identify the type of currency risks companies are most exposed to and what currency hedging methods are used to handle these. Methodology: To answer the study's question, research was conducted by using a qualitative data method and a content analysis method. Theoretical framework: The focus has been on these theories; Modigliani and Miller theory, currency risk management and previous studies. Result: The result of the study consists of a presentation of the processed data as underlies the analysis being carried out. Conclusion: The study found that the currency exposures which companies are primarily exposed to in international trade are transaction and translation exposures. Of the eight companies investigated in the study, seven of them focused on transaction exposure. The study also indicates that the most commonly used derivative instruments used by companies are futures, options and swaps, where futures due to its flexibility came first, options on the second place and swaps on the third place. The most important and used purchase currencies that the companies deal with are Euro, British pound and US-dollars. Whether it is profitable for companies to hedge their currency risks or not, this study found that currency hedging is profitable for companies. / Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur företagen påverkas av valutasäkring vid internationell handel. Ett delsyfte var att undersöka och kartlägga vilken typ av valutarisk företagen är mest exponerade för samt vilka valutasäkringsmetoder som används vid hantering av dessa. Metod: För att besvara studiens frågeställning genomfördes forskningen genom en kvalitativ metod och en innehållsanalysmetod. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Fokus har legat på dessa teorier; Modigliani &amp; Millers teori, valutariskhantering och tidigare studier. Empiri: Empirin innefattar den bearbetade datan som har samlats in från respektive företag samt är grunden för studiens analys. Slutsats: Studien kom fram till att den valutaexponering som företagen främst utsätts för vid internationell handel var transaktions-och omräkningsexponering. Av de åtta företag som har undersökts i studien visade sig att sju av dessa fokuserade på transaktionsexponering. Studien visade även att de vanligaste derivatinstrumenten som används av företagen var terminer, optioner och swappar. Terminer på grund av dess flexibilitet kom på första plats, optioner på andra plats och swappar på tredje plats. De viktigaste och mest använda inköpsvalutorna som företagen handlar med var euro, brittiskt pund och amerikanska dollar. Huruvida det är lönsamt för företagen att valutasäkra eller inte, tydde denna studies fynd på att valutasäkring är lönsamt för företag.

This thesis focuses on the law regulation of the paper currency, coins and money circulation in the Czech Republic. It is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is intended to introduce the issue of the currency to a reader by explaining the concept of money, currency, legal tenders and related matters. It describes also the process of money creation and historical evolution of money in the world and within the Czech Republic as well. The second chapter examines the current law regulation regarding to the currency and the money circulation in the Czech Republic. It provides brief explanation of source of law concept and specifies the fundamental legal regulations relating to the currency and money circulation. The third chapter is concentrated on the role of the Czech national bank as the central bank of the Czech Republic. The fundamental activities performed by the Czech national bank upon the laws, such as the issuance of the fiat money and the management of the circulation of currency, are discussed in this chapter. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the Czech coinage. The chapter describes structure of currency in circulation in the Czech Republic, reveals what is the legal tender in the Czech Republic and identifies certain loophole (error in law) in the regulation regarding the...

Le Currency Board est un régime de change dont la recherche de la stabilité et la crédibilité monétaire fonde la régulation non pas sur une action discrétionnaire de la Banque Centrale mais sur un mécanisme d’ajustement supposé être automatique : la dynamique de l’offre monétaire suit la dynamique des réserves en devises étrangères. Cette thèse s’intéresse à l’expérience djiboutienne pour étudier le fonctionnement d’un Currency Board. La République de Djibouti possède l’unique Currency Board existant sur le continent Africain depuis 1949. Sa longévité dans un contexte de libre circulation des capitaux offre une expérience unique et extrêmement riche d’enseignements. La résilience du secteur bancaire intégralement détenu par l’étranger, les facteurs institutionnels et géopolitiques et les pratiques monétaires informelles (hawala) expliquent cette longévité. Par exemple, sans les transferts hawalas, il n’existe pas une relation univoque à long terme entre la balance des paiements et la base monétaire. L’interaction du secteur formel et informel permet d’obtenir un équilibre macro-monétaire.Une étude statique de l’ajustement d’un modèle d’équilibre général calculable financier (MEGC) comprenant le secteur informel montre que les entrées supplémentaires en devises peuvent être à l’origine d’une accumulation illimitée de réserves en devises étrangères et conduisent à une modification de l’équilibre entre le secteur marchand et non marchand. / The Currency Board is an exchange system in which the search for stability and monetary credibility is not based on a discretionary regulation of the Central Bank but on an adjustment mechanism assumed to be automatic: the dynamics of money supply follow the dynamics of foreign exchange reserves. This thesis focuses on the Djibouti experiment to study the functioning of a Currency Board. The Republic of Djibouti has the only existing Currency Board on the African continent since 1949. His longevity in a context of free movement of capital offers a unique and extremely valuable lesson. The resilience of institutional and geopolitical factors fully owned by foreign banking, and informal monetary practices (hawala transfers) explain this longevity. For instance, without the hawala transfers, there is no unambiguous relationship between the long-term dynamics of the balance of payments and the monetary base. The interaction of formal and informal sector provides a macro-monetary balance and stability.A static study of the fit of a general equilibrium (CGE) including the informal sector shows that the additional entries in currencies can be the source of an unlimited accumulation of foreign reserves and lead to a change in the balance between tradable and non-tradable sector.