[eng] Does market volatility increase ? . The French stock exchange has known a deep fall in prices for 3 years with great uncertainties on economic activity and firms' finances. So, this article deals with the size of market' s turbulences, their origins and the measures to take. A proper...

L'objectif de cet article est d'appréhender le choix d'une structure financière dans une théorie de la firme reposant sur la formation de capital organisationnel, associé à la relation d'emploi. Après avoir défini la notion de capital organisationnel, une modélisation des liens entre la...

The objective of this article is to analyse financial decisions within the context of the theory of the firm, based on the concept of organisational capital, associated to labor relations. After defining the concept of organisational capital, a model of the links between financial structure and...

(VF)Cet article propose un modèle de l’incidence du cadre légal sur la forme du revenu des actionnaires. Le modèle permet de traiter successivement le droit des créanciers, le droit des actionnaires et la réglementation du travail. Le modèle révèle des différences dans l’asymétrie...

Despite a well-documented profitability, health and safety (H&S) programs remain an uncommon investment among large U.S. companies. This article is the first to demonstrate a negative link between the financial leverage of firms and the implementation of H&S programs. This effect is robust to...

Return on Equity (RoE) is a central measure of performance in the banking industry, which is used to allocate capital inside and across divisions. The reliance on this metric emerged from the risk management approach to banking which underlies bank capital regulation. Using the financial crisis,...

Using a multidimensional index of board members’ diversity, we document a positive impact of board diversity on firm performance, for a panel of Vietnamese listed firms. Results are robust to the introduction of firm fixed effects, the use of an instrumental variable and changes in the board...