This paper presents a clear and complete synthesis of the most important theoretical and empirical developments relating to the firm's capital structure in the last decade. Within the confines of this objective, an attempt is made to analyse the discussions surrounding this central theme and to...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors professional fund managers in Québec take into consideration when assessing the riskiness of their investment in common stocks. L’objet de cet article est d’identifier les principaux facteurs que les gestionnaires professionnels de...

The purpose of this paper is to verify if some risk-return characteristics of mutual funds are clearly related to their size. Assuming a multidimensional setting where various funds characteristics can be explicitly and simultaneously considered. The paper applies PROMETHEE methodology, based on...

The application of the computer to the servicing of deposit accounts at banks and non-bank financial intermediaries is a fairly recent development. Most empirical studies of economies of scale in this industry date prior to this technological transition. There is one notable exception, however,...

This study presents an in-depth analysis of the results of the 2011 survey conducted by Question Retraite in order to assess the behaviour and attitude of a sample of 1605 Quebec workers in the 24-44 age group in regard to retirement planning. The methodology applies the cluster analysis...

In this paper, we present a multicriterion approach of portfolio comparison and apply it to the selection of a global index fund portfolio using sixteen (16) national stock market indexes. The first algorithm used in the study (ELECTRE IS) solves for the subset of portfolios among which the...