This thesis first presents India’s economy and financial system’s recent history and current issues. Then, with an emphasis on the recent turmoil period, it studies the question of financial integration in various markets: equity markets are dealt with in the 1st chapter, CDS spreads are...

This doctoral thesis develops regime-switching models of the term structure of interest rates. A general framework is proposed to model the joint dynamics of yield curves associated with different debtors (Chapter 2). This framework is exploited to analyse the fluctuations of ten euro-area...

In this study, we examine whether the financial performances of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual funds are related to the features of the screening process. Based on a sample of French SRI funds, we find evidence that a greater screening intensity slightly reduces financial...

Central Banker’s Behaviour in an Uncertain EnvironmentSeveral recent papers are devoted to the examination of the central banker’s behaviour in an uncertain economic environment. This paper proposes, from a central banker’s point of view, a synthesis of the main sources of uncertainty as...

Les enjeux macroéconomiques de la transmission des chocs monétaires via le canal étroit du crédit son nombreux. Ce sujet est amplement abordé dans la littérature d’un point de vue agrégé et empirique. Cependant, les prédictions testées reposent sur des spécifications théoriques...

Les enjeux macroéconomiques de la transmission des chocs monétaires via le canal étroit du crédit son nombreux. Ce sujet est amplement abordé dans la littérature d’un point de vue agrégé et empirique. Cependant, les prédictions testées reposent sur des spécifications théoriques...