Ce papier étudie les aspects de la structure de propriété qui influent la qualité de la communication financière sur un marché où l'actionnariat est concentré. La théorie d'agence propose un cadre de recherche intéressant liant la décision de publication à la structure de...

This paper considers an international sample of conventional and Islamic mutual funds to assess whether law, culture, and political risk affect the performance, risk-taking behavior and compensation fees of mutual funds. Overall, the results show strongly that legal conditions, culture, and...

This paper presents a theory for Islamic venture capital namely ‘Mudharabah’ contract under adverse selection problem. In order to avoid selecting a low type entrepreneur for a given good project, the framework defines the profit sharing ratio (PSR) as a screening device. We then develop a...

This article 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. With better legal conditions, fixed fees are lower, carried interest fees are higher, clawbacks are less likely, and share...

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...

Les critiques de la finance contemporaine portent en grande partie sur le comportement de nouveaux acteurs financiers comme les hedge funds, les fonds de private equity et les fonds souverains. Jean-Hervé Lorenzi et Philippe Trainar nous aident ici à discerner les fantasmes de la réalité en...