Dans le cadre de cette etude, nous proposons un modele d’alerte precoce des difficultes bancaires. Ces modeles ont pour objet d’identifier rapidement les etablissements dont la situation financiere semble preoccupante. La specificite du modele reside dans le fait qu’il tient compte de la...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the valuation effect of derivatives use in the French market using a sample of 250 non-financial firms over the period 2000-2002. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is application of linear regression framework and panel data...

This paper examines the determinants of Islamic bank profitability in the MENA region, during the years 1999-2006. We estimate several specifications to study the impact of bank-specific and country-specific variables, including macro-economic conditions, market structure and institutional...

This study investigates the relationship between corporate hedging and firm value for a large sample of French firms. The aim is to extend the existing literature on corporate hedging by empirically investigating the effect of hedging with derivatives on the market value of firm. We find, from...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the valuation effect of derivatives use in the French market using a sample of 250 non-financial firms over the period 2000-2002. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is application of linear regression framework and panel data...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on Islamic finance by investigating the feature of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the period 2003–2010. We use parametric and non-parametric classification models (Linear discriminant analysis,...

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on Islamic finance by investigating the feature of Islamic and conventional banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the period 2003-2010. We use parametric and non-parametric classification models (Linear discriminant analysis,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the valuation effect of derivatives use in the French market using a sample of 250 non‐financial firms over the period 2000‐2002. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is application of linear regression framework and panel...