Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, August 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available of the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-64).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-64). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Cette thèse, en s’attaquant à un problème central de la théorie financière contemporaine — la bonne gouvernance des sociétés — débouche sur la construction d’un indice actionnarial de bonne gouvernance à destination d’un public académique ou professionnel. En mettant en évidence les principaux problèmes observés en matière de gouvernance dans le monde (chapitre 1), une modélisation des interactions des agents conduit à la formulation d’un indice ad hoc (chapitre 2), qui peut être intégré à une stratégie internationale d’investissement en bonne gouvernance (chapitre 3). Une telle stratégie procure à l’investisseur un avantage pécuniaire, aussi bien en horizon long, qu’en périodes de turbulences (chapitre 4). / This dissertation, focusing on a prominent problem of modern finance theory — effectiveness of corporate governance — leads to the building of a corporate governance- based stock index, which can be very useful to the academic and business community. Thanks to a state of the art of governance problems around the world (chapter 1), a simple pattern of agents interactions is build and helps to design an ad hoc index (chapter 2). An international investment strategy based on this speci?c index provides consistent returns for the investor (chapter 3), as well in long run horizon as in turbulent time (chapter 4).

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Also available in print.

This thesis studies the spillover of the financial market uncertainty arising from the United States to three major European stock markets by analyzing the impulse response functions that were estimated using the local projections method. European stock markets are represented by their corresponding in- dices: the DAX 30 index for Germany, the CAC 40 for France, and the FTSE 100 for the United Kingdom. The results prove the existence of uncertainty spillover from the United States into Europe with the negative relationship be- tween the performance of a particular stock market and the uncertainty shock emerging from the US. Additional analysis examines the response to uncer- tainty shock for the two subsamples based on the Lehman Brothers collapse. The results show a possible interesting improvement in the ability to recover from uncertainty shock since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and can serve as a starting point for the further analyses in the field. JEL Classification F12, F21, F23, H25, H71, H87 Keywords Uncertainty, financial market, stock market, United States, Europe Title The US Financial Market Uncertainty and Its Spillover to European Stock Markets