In Senegal, as elsewhere in the WAEMU zone, access to credit for vulnerable microentrepreneurs is a major concern despite the important role of traditional microfinance institutions. To effectively solve this problem, Islamic microfinance has been identified as an alternative offer, alongside...

As most Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) engage in securities lending or are based on total return swaps, they expose their investors to counterparty risk. In this paper, we estimate empirically such risk exposures for a sample of physical and swap-based funds. We find that counterparty risk...

Short lived arbitrage opportunities arise when prices adjust with a lag to new information. They are toxic because they expose dealers to the risk of trading at stale quotes. Hence, theory implies that more frequent toxic arbitrage opportunities and a faster arbitrageurs' response to these...

We develop a geographical-based vibrancy index using important location characteristics that measure local economic health. We show that local vibrancy is associated with future firm outcomes, including investment, leverage, profitability, and firm value. More vibrant firms are located in...

This paper studies the influence of bankruptcy law (depending on whether the law is pro-lenders or pro-borrowers) on the borrowers propensity to demand the renegotiation of their debt, when there exist an asymmetrical information between lenders and borrowers. In the tradition of Law &...

French Abstract: Le papier met en évidence les apports de la théorie des valeurs extrêmes (TVE) et son application à la mesure de VaR, et examine son effet sur la prise en compte des risques extrêmes. A cet égard, le papier étudie empiriquement l'indice SX5E sur une période de 22...

French Abstract: Ce papier montre tout d'abord les spécificités des banques islamiques, qui, par rapport aux banques conventionnelles, font reporter une partie plus importante du risque sur les déposants. Cela permet ensuite de voir en quoi les différents ratios proposés par Bâle III dans...

French Abstract: En théorie, les banques islamiques sont des institutions qui appliquent le concept de partage de profits et de pertes (PPP). Néanmoins, la littérature montre que, dans la pratique, les banques islamiques reposent essentiellement sur des opérations commerciales (non-PPP) et...

ABSTRACT & RÉSUMÉ : Digitalization in Sub-Saharan Africa enhanced the accessibility of communications by the majority of the poor who had been excluded among others from social media, independent information channels, mobile banking and e-commerce. The creation of new economic opportunities,...

Microfinance is often addressed in the literature as a tool to fight against poverty. Microcredit offers an opportunity to improve the standard of living for people who find it difficult to access the financial system. The purpose of the microfinance market is to occupy the situation of poverty...