Having been introduced in the European Union and in many other countries, the equal opportunity rule is seen as protecting investors in the event of a transfer of control. This rule should be analyzed in a context of appropriation of private benefits between the new controlling shareholders and...

This study develops and empirically tests a model of the corporate decision to disclose stakeholders' reports for French firms. The related literature is then reviewed in the first section. The next section identifies the factors influencing the decision to disclose stakeholders' reports. The...

Présentation des principales approches et débats théoriques en économie du droit, le droit des contrats, le droit de la responsabilité civile, la justice et la jurisprudence, le droit et les politiques de la concurrence, l'économie de la régulation, les systèmes juridiques et les...

This thesis examines the impact of institutions, especially the financial institutions, on international trade and foreign direct investments. The first four chapters study the financial institutions and their impact on trade and international specialization. Specifically, the first chapter...

The relationship between law and economic development remains enigmatic. Broadly speaking, there is no doubt that legal mechanisms for social control (or ‘institutions’, to use North's words) play a major role. Nevertheless, the impact of legal organization on economic development has not...

In this paper, we examine how categorization is resisted. We analyze the way organizations draw on industry registers to resist or adapt to changes that will potentially alter the definition and nature of the markets in which they compete. We approach this question through a qualitative study of...

This paper addresses the relationship between mandatory and voluntary information. The introduction of IFRS in 2005 modified mandatory information requirements and influenced the content and level of the discretionary information disclosed by firms. This background allows us to test whether the...

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...