This paper is the first attempt that empirically investigates the relationship between banks capital, securitization and risk in the context of the rapid growth of off-balance-sheet activities in the Canadian financial sector. The evidence over the 1988-1998 period indicates that a)...

On Demontre Qu'un Producteur D'un Materiau Recyclable Detenant une Position de Monopoleur Cherchera a Empecher L'entree Dans le Marche de Firmes Concurrentielles de Recyclage, a Moins Que le Cout du Recyclage Soit Tres Faible Par Rapport au Cout de Production du Materiau Primaire. on Demontre...

It Is Widely Believed That Exhaustible Resource Monopolies Do Not Enjoy As Much Market Power As Standard Non Resource Monopolies, and May Even Produce in a Socially Optimum Way. We Argue That This Paradoxical Result Arises From an Inappropriate Comparison Methodology. When Similar Assumptions...

Although Insurers Face Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard When They Set Insurance Contracts, These Two Types of Asymmetrical Information Have Been Given Separate Treatments Sofar in the Economic Literature. This Paper Is a First Attempt to Integrate Both Problems Into a Single Model. We Show How...

In Recent Years, the Ratio of Inventories to Sales in North America Manufacturing Has Fallen Without the Offsetting Increases in Unfilled Orders Or Price Variation That Are Predicted by Some Theoretical Models. the Explanation Offered Here Is That in the Face of Falling Relative Costs of...

Ce Texte Constitue un Survol des Differentes Approches Destines a Mesurer le Progres Technique. Nous Utilisons une Notation Uniforme Tout au Long des Demonstrations Mathematiques et Nous Faisons Ressortir les Hypotheses Qui Rendent L'application des Methodes Proposees Envisageable et Qui En...