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The paper investigates a two-factor affine model for the credit spreads on corporate bonds. The first factor can be interpreted as the level of the spread, and the second factor is the volatility of the spread. The riskless interest rate is modeled using a standard two-factor affine model, thus...
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Using a new dataset of bid and offer quotes for credit default swaps, we investigate the relationship between theoretical determinants of default risk and actual market premia using linear regression. These theoretical determinants are firm leverage, volatility and the riskless interest rate. We...
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We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …
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Nous étudions l'évolution récente de l'écart salarial entre les sexes chez les Canadiens nouvellement diplômés des études postsecondaires. Cette comparaison est intéressante car il s'agit d'un groupe relativement homogène de gens instruits, faisant partie d'une même cohorte et presque...
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In this paper, we empirically investigate Canadian initial public offerings (IPOs) to provide one case on the international evidence on the long-run performance of IPOs. Specifically, we examine whether the choice of a performance measurement methodology directly determines both the size and...
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entreprises qui n'appartiennent pas à cette catégorie, au Canada. La répartition dans les différentes catégories repose sur l …
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observed for the private VC sector in Canada. Finally, the comparison of the returns shows that the public VC market … est prés de quatre fois supérieur à celui mesuré pour le marché privé. Au Canada, le marché public amène sept fois plus de …
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the IPO market in Canada is «good» only for large offerings. We have entertained a number of possible explanations for the … Capital Pool. Les résultats montrent que la sous évaluation initiale persiste au Canada, en moyenne. Toutefois, le degrés de … de taille moyenne et de grande taille semblent correctement évalués au Canada, contrairement à ce que l'on observe sur la …
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in the universe of firm-commitment and best-effort IPOs in Canada and in the United States, from 1997 to 1999, and …
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This paper measures factor productivities (and hence total factor productivity growth) directly on the basis of the fundamentals of the economy (endowments, preferences and technology), without recourse to market prices. The factor productivities are the Lagrange multipliers of a linear program...
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