International Evidence on Financial Derivative Usage

Bartram, Brown, and Fehle provide a fascinating look at who uses derivatives? And what type of derivatives do they use? After examining nearly 7300 non financial firms from 48 countries, they report that about 60% of the firms used some derivatives. Currency derivatives were the most popular kind used followed by interest rate derivatives. Only 10% used commodity derivatives. [FinanceProfessor.com Annotation] … [ Read more ]