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In this paper, a new corporate ratings methodology is proposed. In this innovating approach corporate ratings are calibrated from data with different frequency in two-steps. Information of firms' credit quality from annual accounting ratios and daily credit derivative spreads yields are combined...
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Lawrence R. Klein (1920-2013) played a major role in the construction and in the further dissemination of econometrics from the 1940s. Considered as one the main developers and practitioners of macroeconometrics, Klein's influence is reflected in his application of econometric modelling “to...
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The recent financial crisis has heightened the interest in the impact of financial sector developments on the macroeconomic condition of countries. By employing a rolling-window Vector Auto-Regressive method based on monthly data for a time span between January 2001 and March 2013, this article...
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We investigate a wage bargaining between the union and the firm where the parties' preferences are expressed by varying discount rates and the threat of the union is to be on go-slow instead of striking. First, we describe the attitude of the union as hostile or altruuistic where a hostile union...
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The purpose of the paper is to provide a methodological framework for a critical analysis of a specific class of macroeconomic models, namely the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE). We suggest some epistemological reflections to explore the underlying methodology and history of...
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This research has been done in the context of the REPONSE (2010-2011) post survey. The interviews aimed at characterizing the companies' adjustment processes to the 2008 crisis and how they have been discussed, negotiated or forced by management direction. The methodology is built on two parts:...
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The recent financial crisis has lead to a need for regulators and policy makers to understand and track systemic linkages. We provide a new approach to understanding systemic risk tomography in finance and insurance sectors. The analysis is achieved by using a recently proposed method on...
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Household services in France are characterized by involuntary part-timr jobd (even in permanent contracts), fixed-term contracts and multi-activity. The situation of these employees therefore does not obey a simple dual structure where permanent contracts (CDI) oppose short-term contracts. This...
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Using conditional dynamic multinomial logit models that allow to disentangle between state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity, this article proposes an empirical analysis of labour market mobility in the European Union based on EU-SILC data. It shows that the role of true state dependence...
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In a stochastic financial exchange economy, two financial structures are equivalent if, for each given state price, regardless the associated arbitrage free price, the marketable payoffs are identical. The key property of two equivalent financial structures is that, when associated with any...
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