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Florian Léon | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi) | Études et Documents Cerdi, ISSN 2114-7957 | 2012Cet article étudie dans quelle mesure la concurrence entre les banques peut affecter leur efficience au sein de l'UEMOA. Théoriquement, l'effet net de la concurrence bancaire sur l'efficience est indéterminée, en particulier dans le cas des pays[...]Article : Revues - Articles
Florian Léon, Auteur ; Laurent Weill, Auteur |To analyze whether the occurrence of elections affects access to credit for firms, we perform an investigation using firm‐level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. The results show that elections impair access to c[...]texte imprimé
We investigate whether the occurrence of elections affect access to credit for firms. We perform an investigation using firm-level data covering 44 developed and developing countries. We find that elections have a detrimental infl[...]texte imprimé
The purpose of this paper is to study the persistence of firm growth in Africa using data of formal firms in Senegal from 2006 to 2015, dedicating special attention to high-growth firms. This interest in identifying high-growth fi[...]Article : Revues - Articles
Florian Léon, Auteur |The purpose of this paper is to study the persistence of firm growth in Africa, dedicating special attention to high-growth firms. The worldwide interest in identifying high-growth firms comes from the idea that these firms will co[...]Article : texte imprimé
Face aux défis climatiques et sociaux, le secteur financier ne peut plus se limiter à une approche uniquement centrée sur la rentabilité. Deux mouvements convergents se produisent. D’une part, de plus en plus d’acteurs appellent à[...]texte imprimé
This paper investigates the validity of Gibrat's law in sub-Saharan Africa using data from 22,495 firms operating in 45 African countries. Results indicate that Gibrat's law does not hold in Africa, i.e. small firms create more jo[...]Working Paper
Florian Léon | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi) | Études et Documents Cerdi, ISSN 2114-7957 | 2012This paper investigates the degree of competition in the WAEMU financial industry over the period 2002-2007 using firm-level data (591 year-firm observations). Market structure analysis, the Panzar-Rosse model and conjectural variation are appli[...]texte imprimé
The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of external shocks relative to internal characteristics in explaining variation of firm growth in developing countries. To do so, we compile firm-level panel data covering 12,5[...]Rapports
Florian Léon, Auteur ; Sitraka Rabary, Auteur | Clermont-Ferrand : Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (Ferdi) | 2024-06-10Impact investing has attracted considerable interest from both academics and practitioners, regardless of their direct involvement in the practice. Despite its growing visibility, there is a lack of evidence on impact investing in [...]Article : Revues - Articles
Samuel Guérineau, Auteur ; Florian Léon, Auteur |This paper analyses the impact of credit information sharing on financial stability, drawing special attention to its interactions with credit booms. A probit estimation of financial vulnerability episodes—identified by jumps in the ratio of non[...]Working Paper
Joel Cariolle, Auteur ; Florian Léon, Auteur | Clermont-Ferrand : Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (Ferdi) | Document de travail / Working Paper | 2022-06-23This paper questions whether familiarity with digital technologies helped firms cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data on 31,387 firms from 39 developing and developed economies, our results stress that businesses using websit[...]Article : Note de politique
Joel Cariolle, Auteur ; Florian Léon, Auteur |Since 2020, the stringent distancing measures put in place around the world in response to the spread of the COVID virus have highlighted the vital importance of digital technologies for maintaining economic exchanges and social in[...]Bulletin : Revues - Articles
FERDI Notes brèves / Policy briefs, N°230 - March 2022 - How internet helped firms cope with COVID-19
Joel Cariolle, Auteur ; Florian Léon, Auteur | 2022texte imprimé
This paper questions whether firms’ internet connectivity and adoption helped them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data on 31,387 firms from 39 developing and developed economies, our results stress that businesses using we[...]