Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Roselle, Russell Paul
Author's Email Address	rroselle@gmail.com
URN	etd-04252006-145221
Title	Rational Corporate Risk Management Policy: An Extension of Traditional Risk Management Theory to Incorporate Observed Managerial Behavior
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Economics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Dr. T. Nicolaus Tideman Committee Chair Dr. Richard A. Ashley Committee Member Dr. Sheryl B. Ball Committee Member
Keywords	Corporate Risk Management Return Requirements Corporate Insurance and Hedging Policy Corporate Capital Structure
Date of Defense	2006-04-14
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Rational Corporate Risk Management Policy: An Extension of Traditional Risk Management Theory to Incorporate Observed Managerial Behavior Russell Paul Roselle ABSTRACT There is qualitative and anecdotal evidence that corporate management deviates from received risk management theory. These deviations include: an overall hesitancy to accept projects with greater levels of total risk, increased return requirements compensating for firm-specific risk, employment of hedging strategies, the insuring of diversifiable risks, corporate diversification outside of the industry constraint, and the utilization of portfolio and other variance reducing methods. The literature primarily contributes these behaviors to principal/agent conflicts. Evidence from studies on these deviations support strong arguments based in resource scarcity, cost and availability of capital, employee/community stability, and the increases in bankruptcy costs that these risk management deviation are in the interest of shareholders. When considered in the context of the long-term impact on value, the observed deviations from received corporate risk management theory contribute substantively to the perpetuation of the firm as a long-term store of value. This paper supports two hypotheses: (1) the deviation from received risk management theory by corporate managers is broadly practiced, and (2) these deviations are generally in the interest of shareholders.
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