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...

In this study, we benchmarked the crisis resolution frameworks of the Member States of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) with the Financial Stability Board's Key Attributes (KAs) of effective resolution regime for financial institutions, using survey-based methodology. Questionnaires,...

The theoretical literature on the modes of the default and its implications on the rate of the default distinguishes two rules: the rule of the discharge allowing to exempt the debtor in case of failure and the rule of obligation of repayment of the debts by the debtor. Several theoretical...

In this article, we develop the various theories which explain the determinants of the bankruptcy of the entrepreneur and the justifications of law to allocate this risk. We distinguish the theories from impulsive behavior or irrationality, the bad luck and the capacity to evaluate the risk of...

This article analyzes the economic effeciency of legal rules of bankruptcy. It aims to answer the following question : do the legal rules of bankruptcy allow an efficient solution to the problem of sauve-qui-peut or opportunistic behavior inherent in bankruptcy firm ? I adopt a model of games...

Les taux de défaut sont des séries couramment utilisées dans les simulations de crise. Au Canada comme dans beaucoup d'autres pays, on ne dispose pas de séries rétrospectives relatives aux taux de défaut sectoriels sur les prêts bancaires aux entreprises. La connaissance de ces taux est...

Markets makers quote many option categories in terms of implicit volatility. In doing so, they can reactivate the Black and Scholes model which assumes that the volatility of an option underlying is constant while it is highly variable. First of all, this article, whose purpose is very...

On a wake of Basel II in 2004, banks and financial institutions had focused on the default analysis of firms. In this contribution, artificial neural networks are used for extracting balance-sheet variables determining the default of enterprises on a base of prospective vision. A manufacturing...

En recourant de plus en plus aux modèles à forme réduite, la théorie de l'évaluation du risque de crédit se distance de plus en plus de l'ingénierie financière traditionnelle qui donne la part belle aux modèles structurels. Bien qu'ils postulent l'absence d'arbitrage, les modèles à...

Plusieurs gestionnaires de portefeuille pensent encore à tort qu’une couverture delta suffit pour protéger leur portefeuille contre les fluctuations des marchés financiers. Mais une augmentation marquée de la volatilité des cours boursiers les décevra dans leurs attentes. Après avoir...