Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies

This paper investigates the determinants and effects of the use of foreign currency derivatives. The sample contains 402 UK firms during 2016-2017 fiscal year. Univariate and multivariate tests suggest that larger firms, firms with higher leverage level, firms with greater foreign exchange exposure...

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Main Author: Chen, Rishan
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54012/
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description This paper investigates the determinants and effects of the use of foreign currency derivatives. The sample contains 402 UK firms during 2016-2017 fiscal year. Univariate and multivariate tests suggest that larger firms, firms with higher leverage level, firms with greater foreign exchange exposure are more likely to hedge. In addition, firms with lower level of liquidity and firms with smaller growth opportunities are more likely to hedge as well. Regression results of the effects of foreign currency hedging indicate that companies with international trading would probably have higher firm value, better performance of ROA and ROE, with the use of FCDs.
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spelling nottingham-540122022-04-21T14:04:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54012/ Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies Chen, Rishan This paper investigates the determinants and effects of the use of foreign currency derivatives. The sample contains 402 UK firms during 2016-2017 fiscal year. Univariate and multivariate tests suggest that larger firms, firms with higher leverage level, firms with greater foreign exchange exposure are more likely to hedge. In addition, firms with lower level of liquidity and firms with smaller growth opportunities are more likely to hedge as well. Regression results of the effects of foreign currency hedging indicate that companies with international trading would probably have higher firm value, better performance of ROA and ROE, with the use of FCDs. 2018-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54012/1/dissertation%20draft-9.pdf Chen, Rishan (2018) Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
spellingShingle Chen, Rishan
Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title_full Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title_fullStr Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title_full_unstemmed Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title_short Does Foreign Currency Derivatives Hedging Increase Company Value? An Examination of UK Companies
title_sort does foreign currency derivatives hedging increase company value? an examination of uk companies
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54012/