German Abstract: Die CFA-Zone galt vierzig Jahre lang als Selbstbedienungsladen der afrikanischen und französischen Elite im frankophonen Afrika. Mit der Abwertung des Franc CFA am 11.1.1994 brach der Mythos der Stabilität dieser von Frankreich garantierten Währung zusammen, und mit ihm auch...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=4272976. French Abstract: La lutte contre le terrorisme est une tâche complexe, qui ne se limite pas aux options militaires. Il concerne également l'édification de l'État, le nationalisme et le développement durable...

French Abstract: La lutte contre le terrorisme est une tâche complexe, qui ne se limite pas aux options militaires. Il concerne également l'édification de l'État, le nationalisme et le développement durable inclusif. Les racines des conflits sous-jacents étaient déjà posées pendant le...

Fighting terrorism is a complex task, not limited to military options. It also concerns State-building, nationalism and inclusive sustainable development. The roots of underlying conflicts were already laid during colonialism, the slave trade, plundering of resources and arbitrary border...

The financial and economic crisis entails the question of a return to organized societal regulation. After 30 years during which public authority occupied a marginal position, the financial world is begging for a return to some order. Thus, the question to be asked is that of the legitimate...

We use the "symbolic contagion" concept (Rozin and Nemeroff, 1994) and its adaptation to the food modernization framework by Fischler (1994) to analyse the interactions between quality signs and points of sales -street vending, formal and informal open-air market and supermarket- in consumers...

English abstract: In 2004, a new corporate criminal liability regime was added to the Criminal Code. In essence, this important reform facilitates the imputation of criminal liability to organizations by replacing the “identification doctrine” developed by the courts, but without creating a...

We present a model where the probability distribution over the space of an agent's achievements depends not only on her ability and effort, but also on the goals set for her. The agent chooses her effort according to her utility net of perceived cost of effort. This cost is inversely...

English Abstract: This essay provides a survey on important empirical evidence on the "Chapter 11" corporate reorganization procedure of the United States of America, and applies the relevant economic findings to the new Swiss corporate reorganization procedure. Accordingly, the Swiss corporate...

French Abstract: Les titres liés aux risques actuariels opèrent un transfert de risques depuis le marché global de l'assurance en direction du marché des capitaux. Plus précisément, la titrisation permet la transformation d'une classe particulière de risques actuariels (les risques de...