Tim Adam

Humboldt University

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Berlin, Berlin 10099

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1.

The Investment Opportunity Set and its Proxy Variables

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2008
Tim Adam and Vidhan K. Goyal
Humboldt University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Proxy variables, investment opportunity set, growth opportunities, real options, market-to-book ratios, mining industry, financial constraints

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Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value

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Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value

EFA 2003 Annual Conference Paper No. 270
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Jul 2003
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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corporate risk management, speculation, risk premium, forward premium, selective hedging

Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 81, pp. 283-309, 2006
Posted: 04 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2008
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

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Corporate risk management, hedging, speculation, risk premium, hedging benefits

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Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Management

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Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Management

AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Evgenia V. Golubeva
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance
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corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, managerial overconfidence

Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Management

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2015
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Evgenia V. Golubeva
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance
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corporate risk management; selective hedging; speculation; managerial overconfidence

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Financial Constraints, Competition and Hedging in Industry Equilibrium

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 May 2004
Tim Adam, Sudipto Dasgupta and Sheridan Titman
Humboldt University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, ABFER, CEPR, and ECGI and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance
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Financial constraints, hedging, speculating, equilibrium, competition

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Pitfalls and Perils of Financial Innovation: The Use of CDS by Corporate Bond Funds

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Pitfalls and Perils of Financial Innovation: The Use of CDS by Corporate Bond Funds

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2015
Tim Adam and Andre Guettler
Humboldt University and Ulm University - Department of Mathematics and Economics
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Mutual funds, management teams, financial crisis, credit default swaps, performance, market timing

The Use of Credit Default Swaps by U.S. Fixed-Income Mutual Funds

FDIC Working Paper No. 2011-01
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Jan 2012
Andre Guettler and Tim Adam
Ulm University - Department of Mathematics and Economics and Humboldt University
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Corporate bond fund, credit default swap, credit risk, fund performance, hedging

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Do Firms Use Derivatives to Reduce Their Dependence on External Capital Markets?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Feb 1999
Tim Adam
Humboldt University
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Managerial Biases and Debt Contract Design: The Case of Syndicated Loans

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 11 May 2018
Tim Adam, Valentin Burg, Tobias Scheinert and Daniel Streitz
Humboldt University, Humboldt University, Humboldt University and Halle Institute for Economic Research
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Optimism, Performance-Sensitive Debt, Debt Contracting, Syndicated Loans

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Can Companies Use Hedging Programs to Profit from the Market? Evidence from Gold Producers

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Corporate risk management, speculation, risk premium, hedging benefits

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Why Do Firms Engage in Selective Hedging? Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
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Corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, financial distress, corporate governance, managerial compensation

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Why Do Firms Speculate? Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Mar 2007
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
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Corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, managerial compensation

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Risk Management and the Credit Risk Premium

Posted: 18 Apr 2002
Tim Adam
Humboldt University

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Corporate risk management, cost of capital, credit risk, default premium, financing strategies, hedging strategies, security design