Which form of hedging matters — Operational or financial? Evidence from the US oil and gas sector |
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Institution: | Trinity Business School, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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Abstract: | We examine the extent and impact of operational and financial hedging on commodity price risk in US oil and gas companies. We find significant exposure to underlying commodity movements. Using a combination of hand collected and publicly available data we examine the impact of hedging strategies. We find no evidence that operational hedging, defined here as multinationality, is effective. In contrast, we find that financial hedging is significant and impactful. Sub-period analysis shows that the effectiveness of financial hedging diminishes when commodity price volatility is high. |
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Keywords: | Hedging Operational hedging Financial hedging Commodity exposure |
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