Hedging on the Hill: Does Political Hedging Reduce Firm Risk?

Hedging on the Hill: Does Political Hedging Reduce Firm Risk?

We examine whether firms’ political hedging activities are effective at mitigating political risk. Focusing on the risk induced by partisan politics, we measure political hedging as the degree to which firms’ political connections are balanced across Republican and Democratic candidates. We find tha...

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Main Authors: Christensen, D.M (Author), Jin, H. (Author), Sridharan, S.A (Author), Wellman, L.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences 2022
Subjects:
Earning volatility
Earnings
earnings volatility
Economic analysis
Energy
firm risk
Firm risk
hedging
Hedging
Investments
political connections
Political Connections
Political risks
Return volatilities
Risk assessment
risk management
Risk management
Risks management
stock return volatility
Stock return volatility
Stock returns
Taxation
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