This special issue of the Brussels Economic Review is dedicated to a selection ofpapers presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the European research group,GDRE (Groupement De Recherche Européen) Money, Banking and Finance. Thisinternational network, part of the CNRS (Centre National de la...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact that recent changes in companies strategies (they refocused on their basic activities and they internationalized them) can have on their market value. Through that analysis, we intend to establish a suitable logic that could be adapted to portfolio...

This paper first reviews the mainstream literature concerning the explanatory factors of fdis in the ceecs and specifically the exchange rate effects. We then present an empirical analysis of medium and long term exchange rate effects over the period 1995/2002, comparing us and eu investors...

The aim of this article is to investigate the determinants of attendance at French football Ligue 1 matches over the period 2008--2011 with an emphasis on examining the effects of both competitive balance and intensity before a match. Competitive balance is measured by the point difference...