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Bankruptcy law and practice in 19th century France
Hautcoeur, Pierre-Cyrille; Levratto, Nadine - HAL - 2007
In this paper, we try to measure the impact of the changes in French bankruptcy law in the 19th century focusing on the behaviour of economic agents as users of bankruptcy law for the sake of finding the best solution to their economic problems. Debtors used bankruptcy law in order to minimize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739071
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Localized Technological Change and Efficiency Wages across European Regional Labour Markets
Antonelli, Cristiano; Quatraro, Francesco - HAL - 2013
Localized technological change and efficiency wages across European regional labour markets, Regional Studies. Internal labour markets and industrial relations in Continental Europe are characterized by substantial rigidity of employed labour engendered by the tight conditions of regional labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898557
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Transition to IFRS and value relevance in a small but developed market: A look at Greek evidence
Tsalavoutas, Ioannis; André, Paul; Evans, Lisa - HAL - 2009
We examine the value relevance of accounting fundamentals after the mandatory transition to IFRS in Greece. We find no significant change in the value relevance of book value of equity and earnings between the 2004 pre IFRS and 2005 post IFRS periods and conclude that the accounting framework is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791493
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Product market regulation, firm size, unemployment and informality in developing economies
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Terra, Cristina - HAL - 2011
This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general framework where formal and informal firms are subject to the same externalities, differing only with respect to some parameter values. Both formal and informal firms have monopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855584
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Female Access to Credit in France: How Microfinance Institutions Import Disparate Treatment from Banks
Cozarenco, Anastasia; Szafarz, Ariane - HAL - 2013
sample period is split in two: before and after the MFI implemented France's regulatory EUR 10,000 loan ceiling. In the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933836
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Does the law alone explain the rise in bankruptcies in XIXth century France?
Hautcoeur, Pierre-Cyrille; Levratto, Nadine - HAL - 2006
This paper is the first result of a project aiming at understanding the history of bankruptcy law from an empirical economic perspective. By contrast with some proponents of "law and economics" (e.g. La Porta & alii, 1998), we consider that the impact of bankruptcy law on national economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930170
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Impact of information on intentions to vaccinate in a potential epidemic: swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1)
Chanel, Olivier; Luchini, Stephane; Massoni, Sébastien; … - HAL - 2010
of the swine-origin A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic, we use an interactive study among the general public in the South of France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930176
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Retirement intentions of older migrant workers: Does health matter?
Vaillant, Nicolas Gérard; Wolff, François-Charles - HAL - 2012
could play a minor effect in immigrants' decision to retire. Using detailed data on immigrants living in France collected in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651574
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Évolution des dépenses communales de transports collectifs et de voirie. (Cas des communes de plus de 10 000 habitants)
Mignot, Dominique; Moreau, Patrick; Pochet, Pascal - HAL - 1990
Cette étude faite au niveau général du budget ne présage cependant rien en ce qui concerne le détail de chacun des postes de dépense. Or, l'hypothèse d'un investissement en grande partie lié aux dépenses passées et aux caractéristiques actuelles est tout à fait plausible pour le...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216358
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Organizational Work-Life initiatives: Context matters.
Ollier-Malaterre, Ariane - HAL - 2009
little interest in France and other non-Anglo-Saxon environments? In a qualitative theory-building approach, this paper … assesses the gap in workplace practices adoption among the US, the UK, and France and analyzes in-depth interviews with 44 … human resources (HR) officers, employee representatives, unions, and work-life service providers in France. Five main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295296