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This paper analyzes the interactions between vertical integration and (wholesale) spot, forward and retail markets in risk management. We develop an equilibrium model that fits electricity markets well. We point out that vertical integration and forward hedging are two separate levers for demand...
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Selon le principe de la muraille de Chine, les activités de gestion doivent pouvoir s’organiser de manière totalement indépendante des activités du dépositaire. En pratique, le principe de cloisonnement entre les activités du dépositaire et celles de la SGP peut apparaître comme une...
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corporate governance can be viewed as a consequence of the pension industry reorganisation which occured in the 1970s and 1980s in so far as corporate governance borrows the same organisational principles.
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In the theoretical framework of corporate governance this article studies the efficiency of the control exerted by the ownership structure and the board of directors on managers. The confrontation of entrenchment theory and agency theory allows to determine the necessary conditions of the...
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Profit manipulation has been largely studied through Positive Accounting Theory (PAT). However, the weakness of the results obtained would suggest using different theoretical and methodological approaches to examine this subject. In France, management controllers play a central role in profit...
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Including real options in firms ’ value raises numerous difficulties. Limitations concerning the relevance of option pricing models outside financial markets are the most salient, but carrying out a valuation implies other assumptions, especially on firms’ governance. In particular,...
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We examine board structure in France, which since 1966 has allowed firms freedom to choose between unitary and two-tier boards. We analyze how this choice relates to characteristics of the firm and its environment. Firms with severe asymmetric information tend to opt for unitary boards; firms...
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Debt is not frequently analyzed in relation to the conflict between controlling and outside shareholders. At the same … time, debt helps to manage the type II corporate agency conflicts because it is easier for controlling shareholders to …
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Debt may help to manage type II corporate agency conflicts because it is easier for controlling shareholders to modify … period 1998-2009 is empirically tested. It supports an inverted U-shape relationship between shareholders' ownership and … leverage. At low levels of ownership, controlling shareholders use more debt in order to inflate their stake in capital and to …
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This paper analyses the private equity fund compensation. We build a model to estimate the expected revenue of fund managers as a function of their investor contracts. We tried to evaluate the present value of the carried interest, which is one of the most common profit sharing arrangements...
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