In this paper, the hypothesis that the liability insurance market for small municipalities in the province of Quebec functions "as if contestable" is tested. In light of our results, we cannot reject the hypothesis that the general liability market is indeed contestable. On the contrary, we...

In this paper, we present a multicriterion approach of portfolio comparison and apply it to the selection of a global index fund portfolio using sixteen (16) national stock market indexes. The first algorithm used in the study (ELECTRE IS) solves for the subset of portfolios among which the...

This paper examines the determinants of the "bid-asked" spread on the Canadian option market and evaluates their relative importance. It also sheds some light on the interrelationship between the "bid-asked" spread of options and that of their underlying securities in order to determine if the...