Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2003. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Firms can use financial derivatives to hedge risks and thereby decrease the probability of bankruptcy and increase total expected tax shields. Firms also can adjust their operational policies in response to fluctuations in prices, a strategy that is often referred to as "operational hedging". In this paper, I investigate the relationship between the optimal financial and operational hedging strategies for a firm, which are endogenously determined together with its capital structure. This allows me to examine how operational hedging affects debt capacity and total expected tax shields and to make quantitative predictions about the relationship between debt issues and hedging policies. I also model the effects of asymmetric information about firms' investment opportunities on their financing and hedging decisions. First, I examine the case in which both debt and hedging contracts are observable. Then, I study the case in which firms' hedging activities are not completely transparent. The models are tested using a data set compiled from the annual reports of North American gold mining companies. Supporting evidence is found for the key predictions of the model under asymmetric information.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Economics, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 165 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-120).

The debt crisis may be sleeping rather than dead-- and may well be aroused as interest rates rise again. Debt reduction and policy reform-- including fiscal reform and privatization-- improved access to capital markets in the 1990s for some developing countries that had debt servicing problems in the 1980s. Overall, however, access to capital markets depends mostly on international interest rates. / "July 1994"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A. (Human Rights))--Mahidol University, 2006. / LICL has E-Thesis 0014 ; please contact computer services.

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2003. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Fordham University, 2008. / Adviser: Henry M. Schwalbenberg. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Political Science, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2002. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-263).