This paper investigates the determinants of the cash holdings of French firms over the period 1998- 2002, using the trade-off theory and the pecking order theory. We show that French firms increase their cash level when their activities are risky and the levels of their cash flow are high, and...

The investment procedure prescribes the stages and tests through which all investment projects must pass before being accepted or not. It governs the conditions of acceptability and constitutes a powerful device of a priori control. In this paper, we intend to understand how investment...

Dans ce papier, nous chercherons à comprendre, au-delà de ses fonctions techniques, comment les procédures d’investissement permettent d’institutionnaliser les grands idéaux et discours ayant trait à l’investissement. En analysant, dans le contexte français, les procédures...

The investment procedure prescribes the stages and tests through which all investment projects must pass before being accepted or not. It governs the conditions of acceptability and constitutes a powerful device of a priori control. In this paper, we intend to understand how investment...

Clothing and textile exports are increasingly dominated by developing countries. In 1974, developed countries implemented quotas on developing countries exports within the MFA, which resulted in a distorted geographical allocation of production and exports. Regional preferential agreements also...

Le rationnement du crédit se produit lorsque des investissements rentables ne trouvent pas de financement. Les PME, particulièrement touchées par ce phénomène, seraient les principales victimes de la crise financière et économique actuelle. Ce mémoire estime le rationnement du crédit...

Credit rationing is a classical phenomenon studied for a long period but the last financial crisis put it in the news. SMEs are particularly affected by this phenomenon and may be the main victims of the financial crisis and economic situation. This paper tries to estimate the scale of credit...