Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5084760 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This paper studies the interplay between firm investment and cash flow hedging decisions when the decision-maker has time-inconsistent preferences. We show that cash flow hedging acts as a double-edged sword. In some cases, cash flow hedging enhances firm value because the firm can thus invest at the firm-value-maximizing timing. In other cases, however, cash flow hedging may adversely affect firm value because it loosens the financial constraint that works as a commitment device to mitigate premature investment. Our results thus highlight one unexplored potential dark side of hedging and suggest that the optimal hedging decision is the result of a trade-off between flexibility and commitment.
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Authors
Donald Lien, Chia-Feng (Jeffrey) Yu,