L’évaluation du prix des actifs est un problème récurrent en économie. Cette question se pose dans le domaine de l’immobilier comme dans d’autres domaines. Après une très forte phase de croissance, le marché immobilier américain a été touché à partir du mois de juin 2007 par...

This paper studies the rules that limit voting rights as a defensive measure against hostile takeovers. We consider atomistic shareholders and a small group of united minority shareholders, the hard core, that wants to block any hostile takeovers. This group constructs a device based on a...

In this paper we examine the degree of interdependence between oil prices and four major countries (United

This paper employs a conditional version of the International Capital Asset Pricing Model (ICAPM) to investigate the determinants of regional integration of stock markets in the Latin America over the period 1996-2008. This model allows for three sources of time-varying risks: common regional...

This paper evaluates the time-varying integration of the Singapore stock market in the ASEAN-5 region based on

Over recent years, several emerging market regions have actively taken part in globalisation movements and world market integration. However, the financial integration processes appear to vary over time, and differ considerably from one region to another. This paper investigates intraregional...

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows and their determinants in six major countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) over the period from 1998 to 2010. Using panel data techniques, we account for the...

The empirical evidence suggests that firms in high-tech industries exhibit high stock return volatility. In this paper, we conceive of the R&D investment intensity as a possible explanation for the stock volatility behavior in these industries. We suggest that R&D activities generate information...

This paper aims to examine the perception of skills of local workers in Algeria. Our exploratory research is based on a series of interviews with a panel in connection with the construction of the East-West highway. The results show that Algeria lacks of critical skills and keeps an outdated...

The concept of "Business Model" emerged from the mid 90s with the rise of eCommerce and more generally of the "new economy". The mutations responsible of its development are technological, economic and regulatory. Then, the concept of business model was built by successive additions and...