Afin d’apprécier les réactions des marchés d’actions de la zone euro aux annonces nonanticipées de la Banque Centrale Européenne (BCE), nous procédons à une étude d’événementautour des annonces non anticipées sur le principal taux de refinancement de la BCE sur lapériode...

We empirically investigate the determinants of sovereign bond spreads in the euro area since the beginning of the crisis. We combine economic but also political uncertainty variables for three different groups of countries. We took into account an institutional shift in the spring 2010. Before...

This article examines the magnitude of stock market reactions to European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy announcements. Since the introduction of the ECB, declining absolute abnormal returns have been compatible with the theory that stock markets learn from ECB monetary policy. In...

This study examines how the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environment affects gains to merging firms and their industry rivals. Using a large sample of Canadian acquisitions announcements from 1994 to 2009, we find that during M&A, the shareholders of Canadian merging firms experience indeed...

This article examines the magnitude of stock market reactions around European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy announcements. Since the introduction of ECB, the declining absolute abnormal returns have been compatible with stock market learning from ECB monetary policy making. The Eurozone...