In Senegal, as elsewhere in the WAEMU zone, access to credit for vulnerable microentrepreneurs is a major concern despite the important role of traditional microfinance institutions. To effectively solve this problem, Islamic microfinance has been identified as an alternative offer, alongside...

This paper studies the influence of bankruptcy law (depending on whether the law is pro-lenders or pro-borrowers) on the borrowers propensity to demand the renegotiation of their debt, when there exist an asymmetrical information between lenders and borrowers. In the tradition of Law &...

French Abstract: Ce papier montre tout d'abord les spécificités des banques islamiques, qui, par rapport aux banques conventionnelles, font reporter une partie plus importante du risque sur les déposants. Cela permet ensuite de voir en quoi les différents ratios proposés par Bâle III dans...

French Abstract: Le papier met en évidence les apports de la théorie des valeurs extrêmes (TVE) et son application à la mesure de VaR, et examine son effet sur la prise en compte des risques extrêmes. A cet égard, le papier étudie empiriquement l'indice SX5E sur une période de 22...

French Abstract: En théorie, les banques islamiques sont des institutions qui appliquent le concept de partage de profits et de pertes (PPP). Néanmoins, la littérature montre que, dans la pratique, les banques islamiques reposent essentiellement sur des opérations commerciales (non-PPP) et...

This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with interactions between a heterogeneous banking sector and other private agents. We introduce endogenous default probabilities for both firms and banks, and allow for bank regulation and liquidity injection into the interbank...

Over the last 12 months, the supervision of liquidity has become one of the most discussed issues by the central banks and the financial market authorities. The objective of this paper is to describe the off-site liquidity monitoring framework recently implemented as one of the supervisory tools...

In this article we investigate the leverage cycle in Luxembourg?s banking sector using individual bank-level data for the period 2003 Q1 to 2010 Q1. We discuss the mechanics behind the leverage cycle in Luxembourg?s banks and show that these banks predominantly adjust leverage by changing both...

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of ICT on financial development as measured by domestic credit to the private sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study uses a panel of 30 countries and covers the period 1995 - 2019. The data come from a variety of sources and the method...

Performance is not just a number: it can take all informational forms if it responds to these two functions – the conduct of action and the evaluation of results. Technical and technological performance highlights the progress that is developing. constantly and marks a company's ability to...