This report analyzes and comments on the principal arguments put forward by the Crawford Panel to support the establishment of a single securities commission in Canada. One argument advanced is that the current rules-based regulatory structure should be replaced with a principles-based approach...

This report analyzes and comments on the principal arguments put forward by the Crawford Panel to support the establishment of a single securities commission in Canada. One argument advanced is that the current rules-based regulatory structure should be replaced with a principles-based approach...

Most of the analyses of small firms' decision to seek outside equity financing and the conditions thereof have concerned private firms. Knowledge of the risk and return of entrepreneurial ventures for outside investors is consequently limited. This paper attempts to fill this gap by examining...

This paper examines the impact of securities regulation and exchange listing standards on the valuation of venture capital-backed IPOs in Canada and the United States. We use a sample of IPOs in both countries matched by size and sector over the 1986-2007 period. The data strongly indicate...

Dans cet article, les auteurs montrent pourquoi et comment de très nombreux gouvernements ont mis en place des incitatifs fiscaux dédiés aux anges investisseurs, qui financent des entreprises émergentes avec lesquelles ils n'ont pas de lien de dépendance. Les auteurs étudient également...

La compétence financière des investisseurs repose sur deux éléments. Le premier est la connaissance et la compétence requise pour exploiter les connaissances. Cet élément est souvent assimilé à la littératie. Le second est la rationalité, que l'on peut assimiler à l'absence de biais...

Selon les promoteurs de la commission unique, les entreprises canadiennes se transigeraient à escompte par rapport à des entreprises semblables aux États-Unis, en raison de la structure déficiente de la réglementation des valeurs mobilières au Canada. Nous testons l'argument de l'escompte...

For the past 30 years, government policy has largely been driven by the idea that the supply of venture capital was inadequate: Substantial tax incentives were created to funnel savings into that sector. Globally, Canada's pool of venture capital, administered by venture capital funds and...