This article is concerned with modeling the dynamic and distributional properties of daily spot and forward electricity prices across European wholesale markets. Prices for forward contracts are extracted from a unique database from a major energy trader in Europe. Spot and forward returns are...

Using a ten-year sample of IPOs undertaken on Euronext with various mechanisms, our study examines the relationship between initial returns and post-listing liquidity, and tests whether it is influenced by ownership structure and information asymmetry. According to most of our findings,...

In financial economics risk-return tradeoffs show how expected rates of return and consequently asset prices are altered in response to changes in the exposure to the underlying shocks that impinge in the economy. In these lectures we will: (i) Present some of the recent literature that is...

Our study investigates by which channels IPO underpricing impacts post-listing liquidity. Using a sample of IPOs undertaken on Euronext with diverse mechanisms, we show that when ownership structure is not influenced by initial underpricing, this underpricing still has a positive impact on...

Reviews the book 'Financial Analysis and Corporate Strategy,' by Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman.

Mutual funds industry has been sought by French politicians as mediation between the popular savings and company’s investments through the financial markets. Questioning the link between finance and industry requires analyzing the effectiveness of this mediation. This article intends firstly...

The article presents the state of art concerning demand artifacts in consumer behavioral research (actually it deals with the issue of role enactement of human subject during experimentation). Terms such as artifact and demand artifacts will be clarified in the paper. Finally, insights for...

Lighting and temperature are two important stimuli in sensory marketing. However, these stimuli have not yet been studied in controlled retail environments. The objective of this research is twofold: to propose a methodology to infer the effect of different levels of lighting and temperature in...

Two rationality arguments are used to justify the link between conditional and unconditional preferences in decision theory : dynamic consistency and consequentialism. Dynamic consistency requires that ex ante contingent choices are respected by up dated preferences. Consequentialism states that...

Many theories of updating under ambiguity assume either dynamic consistency or consequentialism to underpin behaviorally the link between conditional and unconditional preferences. To test the descriptive validity of these rationality concepts, we conduct a dynamic extension of Ellsbergʼs...