This study aims to compare the financial performance of several green stock market indices with their conventional counterparts. Several time periods are analyzed, and several financial indicators are considered. It appears that the StoxxGlobal ESG Environnemental Leader outperforms its...

Individual investors and financial institutions are increasingly seeking to divest from fossil fuel producers. This article investigates the financial implications of such a move by comparing two types of stock indices: (1) a traditional stock index that includes companies producing fossil fuels...

In this study, we examine investors’ reactions to the creation of ethical funds. To do this, we measure the short-term impact of launching an ethical fund on the stock price of the financial company that created it. We contribute to the literature by quantifying the financial consequences of...

Stochastic volatility models, aka SVOL, are more difficult to estimate than standard time-varying volatility models (ARCH). Advances in the literature now offer well tested estimators for a basic univariate SVOL model. However, the basic model is too restrictive for many economic and finance...

In this paper, we characterize the asymmetries of the smile through multiple leverage effects in a stochastic dynamic asset pricing framework. The dependence between price movements and future volatility is introduced through a set of latent state variables. These latent variables can capture...

Latent variable models in finance originate both from asset pricing theory and time series analysis. These two strands of literature appeal to two different concepts of latent structures, which are both useful to reduce the dimension of a statistical model specified for a multivariate time...

French Abstract: A partir de données journalières de la Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) sur une longue période (2009 à 2014), ce présent mémoire cherche à mesurer l’influence des variables caractérisant les volume et les volatilités sur les rendements de six actions...

We compare the influence of bankruptcy law on the risk of default and the rate of liquidation by banks. We show that it depends on whether it is pro-creditors or pro-debtors oriented, and on the intensity of competition between banks. Then , we analyse the various tools at the disposal of public...

This dissertation proposes to evaluate the impact of institutional development on the financial development in the Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC).An econometric and statistical approach is used in order to realise this objective. According to the methodology suggested by...

This article aims to examine the composition of Islamic boards in the context of the finance Islamic industry. More precisely, it discusses their characteristics such as their networks and their educational backgrounds.