In this paper, we present an economic analysis of road safety emphasizing market failures due to externalities and moral hazard. We also examine governmental actions such as taxes and subsidies and regulation which may reduce inefficiencies. Dans cet article nous présentons une analyse...

We want to test the ability of conditional and non-conditional CAPM models to explain the returns on emerging markets as a function of their integration with world markets. We use data on 16 developed markets and 10 emerging markets together with data on the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE)...

The purpose of this paper is to show that, for the risky situation caracterized by the probability p of losing an amount h, there exists an adequate measure of the risk variations caused by equivalent changes in p and h. This follows from an application of the concept of mean-preserving spread...

In this article, we consider misleading advertising and in particular the advertising of a false regular price when a bargain price is announced. To take into account the strategic interactions between firms and the consumers' rationality when confronted with advertising, we develop a duopoly...

In this article, we study the statistical relationships between individual probabilities of accidents and both different infractions to the Quebec Code of Road Safety and some infractions to the Criminal Code which carry a suspension of the driving permit. We propose new tables of demerit points...

This paper presents a capital coefficient matrix for replacement and a capital coefficient matrix for expansion, for the Quebec economy disaggregated into 29 industrial sectors. The computations are based on data for the 1972-1976 period.