... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Stock markets Stock returns Data analysis Stock exchanges Regression analysis France Many methods of data analysis study the relationship between a group of explanatory variables and another group of explained variables. The methods are generally...

... in France. To explain how the leverage affects firm value, capital structure theories have focused on the tax advantage of debt (Modigliani and Miller, 1963), the use of debt as an anti‐takeover device, agency cost of debt (Jensen and Meckling, 1976 ; Myers, 1977), the advantage of debt in restricting...

... are not explicitly constructed and the MODWT is performed via a pyramidal algorithm. Anyssa Trimech can be contacted at: trimech.anyssa@yahoo.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Stock markets France Capital asset pricing model Investment appraisal The main concern of investors...

...Ursina B. Meier; J. François Outreville Purpose This article aims to examine the existence of an underwriting cycle in property‐liability insurance for France, Germany and Switzerland (primary markets) and for the European reinsurance industry. It is also aimed to test how the two markets...