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Risk in Islamic Banking
Abedifar, Pejman; Molyneux, Philip; Tarazi, Amine - HAL - 2012
This paper investigates risk and stability features of Islamic banking using a sample of 553 banks from 24 countries … between 1999 and 2009. Small Islamic banks that are leveraged or based in countries with predominantly Muslim populations have … lower credit risk than conventional banks. In terms of insolvency risk, small Islamic banks also appear more stable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899528
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Understanding, Modeling and Managing Longevity Risk: Key Issues and Main Challenges
Barrieu, Pauline; Bensusan, Harry; Karoui, Nicole El; … - HAL - 2012
most relevant modelling and pricing practices in the banking industry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791882
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The relationship between trade credit, bank credit and financial structure : from firm-level non-linearities to financial development heterogeneity. A study on MENA firm-level data
Couppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel; Héricourt, Jérôme - HAL - 2011
Using a database of more than 1,100 firms in the MENA region, this article looks at the determinants of demand for trade credit, particularly access to bank credit, size, age and the quality of the firm's financial structure. We show that the difficulty of gaining acces to bank credit positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605305
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The Impact of Financial Development on the Relationship between Trade Credit, Bank Credit and Firm Characteristics
Couppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel; Héricourt, Jérôme - HAL - 2013
Using a database of more than 1,300 firms from six countries in the MENA region, we study the impact of financial development on the relationship between trade credit on the one hand and bank credit access and firm-level characteristics, especially financial health, on the other hand. Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025997
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Lessening bus journey times on congested road infrastructures: micro-modelling methodology. Case study in the region of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Thorrignac, Gaël - HAL - 2008
Within the framework of their Local Transport Plan (LTP), a five-year transport programme running until 2011, authorities of the British Metropolitan County of Merseyside are seeking for ways to provide their territory with a safer, more reliable and more sustainable transport network. The key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790477
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Are firms' lobbying strategies universal?
Rival, Madina - HAL - 2010
Lobbying public decision-makers is an increasingly widespread managerial practice, but has so far attracted little research attention in Europe. This article studies how it is put into practice as a strategy by French and UK firms. An empirical study examines 679 lobbying campaigns (also known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833306
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The editorial function of the territorial intelligence systems
Girardot, Jean-Jacques - HAL - 2007
This communication makes an updating of our thinking about the editorial function of the systems of territorial intelligence. Computer science and information systems aim at increasing the communication between the human beings. A territorial intelligence system is an instrument at the service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898852
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Specifications for the Territorial Intelligence Community Systems (TICS)
Girardot, Jean-Jacques; Masselot, Cyril - HAL - 2009
This paper presents the progress of the drafting of specifications regarding the design of the Territorial Intelligence Community System, a concept that emerged within the caENTI coordination research activities framework from the Catalyse method. After a presentation of the TICS global design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899237
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Diversity of human capital attributes and diversity of remunerating systems
Suleman, Fatima; Paul, Jean-Jacques - HAL - 2008
explicitly assessed on employees' remuneration. The data are derived from an original survey conducted in five large banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793127
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BANKS RISK RACE: A SIGNALING EXPLANATION
Besancenot, Damien; Vranceanu, Radu - HAL - 2011
Many observers argue that the abnormal accumulation of risk by banks has been one of the major causes of the 2007 …-2009 …nancial turmoil. But what could have pushed banks to engage in such a risk race? The answer brought by this paper builds on … the classical signaling model by Spence. If banks' returns can be observed while risk cannot, less efficient banks can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793752