Firms have a variety of possible mechanisms for preventing competitors to take advantage of their investment in knowledge capital. The availability and effectiveness of these mechanisms varies across firms. This paper aims at understanding the impact of trust on secrecy efficiency. The...

Cet article présente les résultats d'une enquête réalisée en 2002, auprès d'un échantillon d'entreprises françaises cotées à la Bourse de Paris, et portant sur leur comportement face aux risques financiers. Le questionnaire adressé aux entreprises permet d'apporter des réponses à...

Monetary policy contributes to stabilize growth. Particularly in a reforming context for financial and economic activities, it is important to know how central bankers’ decisions through the short term interest rate of the money market are transmitted to the real variables: the GDP and the...

During the last decade, hedge funds have become an increasingly attractive class of assets, viewed as investments offering greater returns while risk is reduced through extensive diversification. Hedge funds have indeed grown exponentially in size, number and management style. The goal of this...

We consider a setting in which two potential buyers, one with a prior toehold and one without, compete in a takeover modeled as an ascending auction with participating costs. The toeholder is more aggressive during the takeover process because she is also a seller of her own shares. The...