This article uses a French database of firms set up in 1998 to investigate the determinants of takeovers versus startups as a mode of entry. It focuses on two determinants that previous research has not fully analyzed: social capital and financial capital. Our findings suggest social capital...

[fre] Le thème de l'indépendance de la Banque centrale a reçu récemment une attention importante, tant dans la littérature théorique que dans le débat public. Celle-ci empêcherait les gouvernements de pratiquer des politiques économiques trop expansionnistes, qui, intégrées dans les...

This volume, the fifth instalment of the classic Report on the European Union series, offers at once an economic and intellectual historical perspective on the creation of the euro and its 20 first years, a comprehensive review of the current and future challenges of the euro area, including a...