French Abstract: Cet article se propose d'étudier la participation des ménages au marché financier ainsi que les incidences du cycle de vie et de l'environnement économique sur les choix de portefeuille au sein de la zone euro. L'analyse empirique s'appuie sur les données de l'enquête sur...

À la fin 2010, les résidents français détenaient 5 440 milliards d’euros de titres, soit un encours en légère baisse depuis la fin 2007. De 2007 à 2010, les ménages ont été globalement vendeurs de titres, tandis que les sociétés d’assurance achetaient principalement des valeurs...

À la lumière des informations issues des enquêtes Patrimoine 2004 et 2010 de l’INSEE et des évaluations des comptes nationaux financiers établis par la Banque de France, l’article propose une première analyse des ajustements patrimoniaux des ménages français depuis 2007.

L’actualité récente liée à la crise économique et financière soulève des questions importantes sur ses conséquences en matière patrimoniale et sur les comportements d’épargne des Français.

In the past twenty years, household wealth undergoes profound changes and in particular a notable increase of the share of financial wealth. The hike of stock market prices in the late 1990s, the burst of the speculative bubble since the summer of 2000 and the continued upsurge of housing prices...

We compare the influence of bankruptcy law on the risk of default and the rate of liquidation by banks. We show that it depends on whether it is pro-creditors or pro-debtors oriented, and on the intensity of competition between banks. Then , we analyse the various tools at the disposal of public...

Since 1 June 2003 the file of the Central Office for Credits to Private Individuals has recorded information relating to all consumer credits and mortgage loans contracted by natural persons for private purposes, as well as any payment defaults resulting from these loans. This registration aims...

The author constructs a formal analytic framework to simulate the impact of various economic shocks on the household debt-service ratio, using data from the Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) survey. The impact of these shocks on individual households depends on the socio-economic characteristics...

Since 1 June 2003 the file of the Central Office for Credits to Private Individuals has recorded information relating to all consumer credits and mortgage loans contracted by natural persons for private purposes, as well as any payment defaults resulting from these loans. This registration aims...

The author constructs a formal analytic framework to simulate the impact of various economic shocks on the household debt-service ratio, using data from the Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) survey. The impact of these shocks on individual households depends on the socio-economic characteristics...