We investigate the link between the regulation of control transactions and the institutional and corporate features of public companies, by analyzing the massive delisting activity in the Romanian capital market. The peculiar ownership reforms involving a large number of listed companies offer a...

This paper considers an international sample of venture capital and private equity funds to assess the role of law, corruption and culture in setting fund manager fees in terms of their fixed management fees, carried interest performance fees, clawbacks of fees and cash versus share...

French law mandates that employees of large publicly listed companies be allowed to elect two types of directors to represent employees. First, partially privatized companies must reserve two or three (depending on board size) board seats for directors elected by employees by right of...

We analyse the reasons why companies issue units when they raise additional capital. In contrast to previous evidence, our results show that units are not offered to mitigate the agency conflicts or to signal security mispricing as they are predominantly issued during cold periods, in public...

This paper explores the relationship between venture capitalists (VCs)’ financial contracts and the characteristics of these VCs. Analyzing VCs' responses to our questionnaire, we find that VCs’ contractual behaviors differ according to affiliation and experience. VCs working for independent...

La COB a publié la recommandation n°98-05 relative à la diffusion sur internet d’informations financières par les sociétés cotées. Cet article rappelle les orientations adoptées par la COB dans sa recommandation et procède à son évaluation eu égard aux interrogations émanant...

Les privatisations sont un phénomène maintenant ancien mais dont la nature a fortement évolué ces dix dernières années. Parallèlement à ce mouvement observé depuis la fin des années quatre-vingt-dix, les recherches se focalisent sur les privatisations des pays émergents et (ou)...

This study reconsiders the problem of hedging a liability by a portfolio made of a riskless asset and an underlying (underlying).

This paper examines how credit derivatives have changed the construction of an efficient portfolio. Credit derivatives provide a way of gaining exposure to credit risk alone, to the exclusion of interest rate risk. They also permit a relatively easy use of leverage. We examine two types of...

La complexité des contrats financiers en capital-risque a été observée à de nombreuses reprises (Kaplan et Strömberg, 2003 ; Sahlman, 1990). Dans ce papier, nous examinons la relation entre les choix contractuels effectués par les capitaux-risqueurs et les caractéristiques de ces...