Corporate law increasingly paid attention to the disclosure and publication of information on the governance and ownership of joint-stock corporations. This paper on the one hand gives an overview of mandatory disclosure and publication requirements for joint-stock companies in the corporate...

Corporate law increasingly paid attention to the disclosure and publication of information on the governance and ownership of joint-stock corporations. This paper on the one hand gives an overview of mandatory disclosure and publication requirements for joint-stock companies in the corporate...

International economic relations today show a rather pessimistic picture, with high non-tariff barriers, international trade frictions and a serious crisis in the GATT. The following article analyses present tendencies towards the creation of regional economic blocs and the threats to the world...

International economic relations today show a rather pessimistic picture, with high non-tariff barriers, international trade frictions and a serious crisis in the GATT. The following article analyses present tendencies towards the creation of regional economic blocs and the threats to the world...

We investigate monthly returns of Belgian stocks listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange in the period 1838-2010. Our sample covers all stocks in the market over the entire period. Stock returns strongly depend on dividend income: real capital appreciation tends to be negative. Stocks were less...

This paper investigates the long-term relationship between financial market development and economic development in Belgium. We use a new data set of stock market development indicators to argue that financial market development substantially affected economic growth. We find strong evidence...