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]
Content: Article
Authors: Frank R. Fehle, Gregory W. Brown, Sohnke M. Bartram
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Subject: Finance
Authors: Frank R. Fehle, Gregory W. Brown, Sohnke M. Bartram
Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Subject: Finance
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