Cet article étudie l'évolution et les effets incitatifs des stock-options attribuées aux dirigeants de dix-huit entreprises du CAC40 entre 1994 et 2003. Une base de données portant sur 184 plans d'attribution de stock-options par ces entreprises est utilisée afin de suivre l'évolution et...

En dépit d'un contexte économique difficile et de marges de manoeuvre financières limitées, la plupart des entreprises prennent conscience de la nécessité de reconnaître des compétences individuelles dépassant le savoir-faire uniquement lié au poste, pour motiver leurs salariés et...

We propose a tractable framework for quantifying the impact of fire sales on the volatility and correlations of asset returns in a multi-asset setting. Our results enable to quantify the impact of fire sales on the covariance structure of asset returns and provide a quantitative explanation for...

An intricate web of claims and obligations ties together the balance sheets of a wide variety of financial institutions. Under the occurrence of default, these interbank claims generate externalities across institutions and possibly disseminate defaults and bankruptcy. Building on a simple model...

This article uses graph theory to provide novel evidence regarding market integration, a favorable condition for systemic risk to appear in. Relying on daily futures returns covering a 12-year period, we examine cross- and inter-market linkages, both within the commodity complex and between...

Risk diversification is the basis of insurance and investment. It is thus crucial to study the effects that could limit it. One of them is the existence of systemic risk that affects all the policies at the same time. We introduce here a probabilistic approach to examine the consequences of its...

The spectacular failure of the 150-year old investment bank Lehman Brothers on September 15th, 2008 was a major turning point in the global financial crisis that broke out in the summer 2007. Through the use of stock market data and Credit Default Swap (CDS) spreads, this paper examines the...