Several papers have questioned the ability of multifactor affine models to extract interest rate volatility from the cross-section of yields. These studies find that model-implied conditional volatility is very poorly or even negatively correlated with model-free volatility. We study the ability...

The extended Kalman filter, which linearizes the relationship between security prices and state variables, is widely used in fixed income applications. We investigate if the unscented Kalman filter should be used to capture nonlinearities, and compare the performance of the Kalman filter to that...

Research question- Is the failure of performance measurement systems (PMS) due to the crisis in itself or to a radical change in the paradigm that governs the world that has caused a loss of momentum? Motivation- In the era of recurrent/multiple crises, some researchers have signaled the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model SME board configurations and then to examine empirically their diversity. Polarity in corporate board research around two primary tasks (control and service/strategy), neither captures comprehensively the range of SME board types, based on what they...

La PME ne semble pas avoir bénéficié d’un grand intérêt quant aux rôles, composition et contribution de leur conseil d’administration (CA). La recherche sur cet organe a été, en effet, dominée par le cadre d’analyse de la théorie de l’agence et a attribué une attention quasi...