Index

Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges

ISBN: 978-1-80117-789-4, eISBN: 978-1-80117-788-7

ISSN: 2043-9059

Publication date: 25 October 2021

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(2021), "Index", Bourghelle, D., Pérez, R. and Rozin, P. (Ed.) Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges (Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, Vol. 15), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 271-277. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-905920210000015045

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INDEX

Accounting

capitalist systems
, 132–133

economic democracy
, 138–140

environmental costs
, 134–135

integrative accounting model
, 135–138

politics
, 132–134

relational ecology
, 134–138

self-managed systems
, 132–133

social externality
, 134–135

Soviet-type systems
, 132–133

sustainability
, 134–138

Accretive policies
, 78

Annual right enactment
, 104–106

Annuities
, 104–106

Appraisal factories
, 119–120

Arbitrage opportunities
, 201–202

Aristotle’s model
, 86–87

Articulation donation
, 169–171

Axiomatic rationality
, 206–207

Bank credit
, 19–21

Behavioural finance

axiomatic rationality
, 206–207

behavioural theory
, 210–211

decision utility
, 208

Dodd-Frank Act
, 212

experienced utility
, 208

fast-and-frugal heuristics (FFH) programme
, 206–207, 209

financial activities
, 213

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
, 216–217

foundations of
, 206–209

Glass-Steagall Act
, 212

groupthink
, 215–216

heuristics-and-bias (HB) school
, 206–207

homo economicus
, 207–208

investor irrationality
, 210

new regulations basis
, 216–220

nudge marketing
, 219–220

psychological biases
, 211–216

regulators and politicians, psychological biases
, 214–216

Sarbanes-Oxley Act
, 212

source of calls
, 211–213

US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy
, 210

Behavioural theory
, 210–211

Bourghelle, David
, 197

Building leverage effect
, 35–38

Building value
, 123–127

Business-to-business (BtoB)
, 72–73

Business-to-consumer (BtoC)
, 72–73

Capital asset
, 14–19, 21–22

Capital demand price
, 16–17

Capitalisation valuation method
, 119

Capitalism
, 15–22

Capitalist economy
, 26–27

Capitalist systems
, 132–133

Capital supply price
, 16–17

Central bank
, 65–67

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
, 269

Chicago school
, 201

Civil Code
, 89

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
, 186–187

Collective ignorance
, 126

Commodification drift
, 149–150

Comparison method
, 119

Consumer credit market
, 30–31

Contractual approach
, 186–187

Coronavirus
, 258–259

Corporate finance
, 250–251

Corporate governance
, 14–15, 26–29

Corporate profit rate
, 38–39

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 4, 183–184

Corporate strategy

accretive policies
, 78

activities
, 72–75

business-to-business (BtoB)
, 72–73

business-to-consumer (BtoC)
, 72–73

debt relationship
, 82–83

dilutive effect
, 78

diversification vs. specialisation
, 72–73, 81–82

earnings per share (EPS)
, 79

equity/debt ratio
, 77

equity policies
, 77–81

financing
, 75–81

integration
, 73, 75, 82

monetary policies
, 80

outsourcing
, 73–75

public debate
, 71

refocusing
, 82

share buybacks
, 77–81, 83–84

weight average cost of capital (WACC)
, 76

Credit-default swaps
, 89

Crowdfunding
, 149–150

articulation donation
, 169–171

competition
, 177–178

debt-based crowdfunding
, 168

donation
, 170–171

economic theories
, 171–176

equity crowdfunding
, 168

financial intermediation
, 169–170

financing
, 169–171

Keynesian Approach
, 175–176

market and reciprocity hybridisation
, 176–178

market exchanges
, 172–173

Polanyi’s approach
, 173–175

regulation
, 177–178

rewards
, 168

Debt-based crowdfunding
, 168

Deception
, 67–68

Decision-making process
, 249

Decision utility
, 208

Demand model
, 86

Depression
, 257

Digitalisation
, 188–190

Dilutive effect
, 78

Discounted cash flow (DCF) method
, 119, 122

Dodd-Frank Act
, 212

Donation
, 170–171

Dual embedding
, 257–258

Earnings per share (EPS)
, 79

Ecological finance theory
, 263

Economic anthropology
, 86

Economic democracy
, 138–140

Economics

arbitrage opportunities
, 201–202

Chicago school
, 201

finance
, 199–200

financial markets
, 201–202

gross domestic product (GDP)
, 200

interdisciplinarity
, 202–203

mathematical finance
, 200

pluralism
, 202–203

risk-free assets
, 201–202

social consequences
, 202–203

social science
, 201–202

Economic theories
, 171–176

Efficient-market hypothesis (EMH)
, 146

Embedding
, 257

Emotional regime
, 237

Emotions

collective affects
, 227–230

economics
, 225–226

production of
, 226–227

Environmental costs
, 134–135

Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
, 182, 264

Equity crowdfunding
, 168

Equity/debt ratio
, 77

Equity market confidence
, 17–18

Equity markets at international level
, 40–41

Equity policies
, 77–81

Exchange value
, 108–110

Experienced utility
, 208

Façade
, 125–126

Fast-and-frugal heuristics (FFH) programme
, 206–207, 209

Finance and Sustainability (FAS)
, 259–260

Finance conundrum

commodification drift
, 149–150

crowdfunding
, 149–150

efficient-market hypothesis (EMH)
, 146

finance
, 147–148

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 149

mainstream theories
, 145–146

pay-for-success (PFS)
, 148

principles of responsible investment (PRI)
, 147

random walk theory
, 146

social change
, 147–148

social impact bonds (SIBs)
, 147–148

sustainable and participatory finance
, 150–151

sustainable development (SD) goals
, 147–149

sustainable finance
, 148–149

value-impregnated beliefs
, 146

Financial asset
, 119

Financial behaviours
, 106–108

Financial bubble
, 232–233

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
, 216–217

Financial cycles across national economies
, 33–35

Financial decision-making processes
, 2

Financial instability

bank credit
, 19–21

capital demand price
, 16–17

capitalism
, 15–22

capital supply price
, 16–17

equity market confidence
, 17–18

financialised capitalism
, 33–44

financial securities liquidity requirements
, 18–19

general theory
, 21–22

liquidity
, 19–21

marginal capital efficiency
, 17–18

Minsky’s hypothesis
, 22–25

Financial intermediation
, 169–170

Financialisation
, 3–4

capitalism
, 89

Civil Code
, 89

credit-default swaps
, 89

demand model
, 86

dimensions
, 11

economic anthropology
, 86

gambling exception
, 89

return on capital employed (ROCE)
, 10

return on equity (ROE)
, 10

sharecropping
, 88

shareholders
, 10

speculation, perils
, 89

supply model
, 86

Financialised capitalism
, 25, 29, 33, 44

building leverage effect
, 35–38

corporate profit rate
, 38–39

equity markets at international level
, 40–41

financial cycles across national economies
, 33–35

growth regime of
, 35–39

shareholder value
, 35–38

total shareholder return (TSR)
, 39, 41–42, 44

Financial markets
, 201–202, 230, 234

Financial reality mathematical normalisation
, 246–247

Financial securities liquidity requirements
, 18–19

Financial tranquillity paradox
, 24–25

Financial values

economies
, 96

French legislation
, 96–97

innovations
, 96

institutional architecture
, 97

marketisation
, 96

partisans
, 96–97

triple depreciation line
, 97

valuation techniques
, 97

Fintech
, 188–190

French legislation
, 96–97

Gambling exception
, 89

General theory
, 21–22

Glass-Steagall Act
, 212

Globalisation
, 31

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 149, 186–187

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 200

Groupthink
, 215–216

Hard law
, 185

Heterodox approaches
, 2

Heuristics-and-bias (HB) school
, 206–207

Homo economicus
, 207–208

Hypothetico-deductive approach
, 4–5

Indetermination
, 122

Inflation disappearance
, 65

Innovation
, 67–68

Institutional architecture
, 97

Integrated reporting
, 188

Integration
, 73, 75, 82

Integrative accounting model
, 135–138

Interdisciplinarity
, 202–203

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
, 3–4

Investment financing leverage
, 22–23

Investor irrationality
, 210

Investor side
, 120

Keynesian Approach
, 175–176

Kuhn, T. S.
, 195

Legislative framework, offices instability
, 102–104

Legitimisation of value
, 125–127

Liquidity
, 19–21

Macrofoundations
, 262–263

Managerial approach
, 187–188

Manic denial phase
, 235

Marginal capital efficiency
, 17–18

Market exchanges
, 172–173

Market finance over bank finance
, 29–30

Marketisation
, 96

Market price
, 237

Market rental value
, 122

Market value
, 119

Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
, 83

Minsky’s hypothesis
, 22–25

capitalist economy
, 26–27

consumer credit market
, 30–31

financialised capitalism
, 25, 29, 33

financial tranquillity paradox
, 24–25

globalisation
, 31

investment financing leverage
, 22–23

market finance over bank finance
, 29–30

real estate
, 30–31

shareholder governance
, 32–33

shareholder return
, 27–28

share prices
, 27

Modern finance
, 195–196

Modern monetary theory
, 67–68

Monetary policies
, 60, 64, 80

Neo-classical financial theory
, 4–5

Normalisation
, 52–54

Nudge marketing
, 219–220

Observation
, 247–251

Officeholders centrality
, 104, 106, 110

exchange value
, 108–110

financial behaviours
, 106–108

office marketisation
, 106–108

partisans
, 108–110

state venality
, 106–107

value
, 108–110

Office marketisation
, 106–108

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 186–187

Organismes de Placements Collectif en Immobilier (OPCI)
, 117

Orthodox financial theory
, 2

Outsourcing
, 73–75

Panic phase
, 235–236

Partisans
, 108–110

Passion

common affects
, 230–234

emerging to view phase
, 234

emotional regime
, 237

financial bubble
, 232–233

financial markets
, 230–234

manic denial phase
, 235

market price
, 237

panic phase
, 235–236

price dynamics
, 238

proposed methodology
, 236–238

revulsion and blame phase
, 236

rush to possess phase
, 234–235

Pay-for-success (PFS)
, 148

Periodic regulatory appraisals
, 118

Permanent unconventional monetary regime
, 3

Physico-chemical operations
, 196

Plausible value
, 123–125

Pluralism
, 202–203

PoCfiN manifesto
, 261–263

Polanyi’s approach
, 173–175

Politics
, 132–134

Poor siblings
, 120

Portfolio management
, 251–253

Post-Crisis Finance Manifesto
, 261

Post-Crisis Finance Research Network (PoCfiN)
, 262–263

Price dynamics
, 238

Principles of responsible investment (PRI)
, 147

Professional friendships
, 123

Professional networks
, 123

Proposed methodology
, 236–238

Psychological biases
, 211–216

Quantitative skills
, 127

Random walk theory
, 146

Real estate appraisals
, 30–31, 116–117, 119–121

Real rates
, 60–64

Refocusing
, 82

Relational ecology
, 134–138

Return on capital employed (ROCE)
, 10

Return on equity (ROE)
, 10

Revulsion/blame phase
, 236

Risk-free assets
, 201–202

RNA messenger
, 269

Rozin, Philippe
, 197

Rumours

emotions
, 225–227

judgement
, 225–226

nature of
, 226

Sarbanes-Oxley Act
, 212

Self-managed systems
, 132–133

Self-regulating market
, 257

Share buybacks
, 77–81, 83–84

Sharecropping
, 88

Shareholders
, 10

governance
, 32–33

return
, 27–28

value
, 35–38

Share prices
, 27

Social and political construct
, 251–254

Social change
, 147–148

Social consequences
, 202–203

Social externality
, 134–135

Social impact bonds (SIBs)
, 147–148

Socially responsible investments (SRI)
, 4, 184–185

Social science
, 201–202

corporate finance
, 250–251

decision-making process
, 249

financial reality mathematical normalisation
, 246–247

observation
, 247–251

portfolio management
, 251–253

social and political construct
, 251–254

Social security
, 270

Sociétés Civiles de Placement Immobilier (SCPI)
, 117

Sociétés d' Investissement Immobilier Cotée (SIIC)
, 117

Soft law
, 185–188

Soviet-type systems
, 132–133

State finance struggles

annual right enactment
, 104–106

annuities
, 104–106

legislative framework of offices instability
, 102–104

officeholders centrality
, 104, 106, 110

State venality
, 106–107

Stock markets behaviour
, 54–56

Subprime crisis
, 257–258

Supply model
, 86

Sustainability
, 134–138

Sustainable development (SD)
, 147

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 4

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
, 262

Sustainable finance

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
, 186–187

contractual approach
, 186–187

corporate social responsibility (CSR)
, 183–184

digitalisation
, 188–190

environmental, social and governance (ESG)
, 182

Fintech
, 188–190

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
, 186–187

hard law
, 185

integrated reporting
, 188

managerial approach
, 187–188

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 186–187

socially responsible investments (SRI)
, 184–185

soft law
, 185–188

sustainable performance
, 187–188

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
, 186–187

Sustainable performance
, 187–188

SWOT analysis
, 126

Symbolic capital
, 127–128

Total shareholder return (TSR)
, 39, 41–42, 44

Triple depreciation line
, 97

Uncertainty
, 123–127

collective ignorance
, 126

façade
, 125–126

legitimisation of value
, 125–127

plausible value
, 123–125

professional networks
, 123

quantitative skills
, 127

signature
, 127

SWOT analysis
, 126

symbolic capital
, 127–128

Unconventional monetary policies

central bank
, 65–67

deception
, 67–68

inflation disappearance
, 65

innovation
, 67–68

leaders expectations
, 56–64

modern monetary theory
, 67–68

monetary policy
, 60–64

normalisation
, 52–54

real rates
, 60–64

research
, 68–69

stock markets behaviour
, 54–56

US stock exchange behaviour
, 54

Unequal power, clients and appraisers
, 118–122

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
, 186–187

US Central bank
, 65–67

US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy
, 210

US stock exchange behaviour
, 54

Valuation

building value
, 123–127

indetermination
, 122

market value
, 119

methodology
, 117

methods
, 119

periodic regulatory appraisals
, 118

real estate appraisals
, 116–117

uncertainty
, 123–127

unequal power, clients and appraisers
, 118–122

valuation methods
, 119

Value
, 108–110

Value-impregnated beliefs
, 146

Very small enterprises (VSEs)
, 83

The Wealth of Nations
, 95

Weight average cost of capital (WACC)
, 76

World War
, 270

Prelims
Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Social, Societal and Environmental Challenges
Part I Finance, Financialisation in a Global Market
Introduction: Finance and Financialisation in a Global World
Financial Instability and Temporality Conflicts in Financialised Capitalism
Unconventional Monetary Policies: New Normal or ‘Black Hole’? 2019: The Year of Truth
On the Financialisation of Business Strategies
How Do We Counter Financialisation?
Part II The Construction of Financial Values: An Historical Perspective
Introduction: The Construction of Financial Values – A Historical Perspective
Paving the Way towards Financialisation: The French Case of State Venality of Offices (Century 15th–17th)
The Institutional Architecture of Value: Appraisals and the Formation of Bubbles in the Financialised Real Estate Sector
Accounting as a Political Object
Part III Social Reality and the New Financial Structures: Sustainable and Participatory Finance
Introduction: Responsible Finance and Social Impact – Assessing Alternative Forms of Social Engagement and Value Creation
Social Impacts and Their Contracts
The Crowdfunding: Towards a Commodification of Generosity?
Sustainable Finance: Concepts, Analyses and Perspectives
Part IV Finance, Markets and Society: Rethinking the Paradigm?
Introduction: Finance, Markets and Society – Rethinking the Paradigm
Economics and Finance: The Monopoly and Dangers of the Mainstream School of Thought
Can Behavioural Finance Be the Foundation for New Regulation?
Collective Affects and Speculative Bubbles in Financial Markets: A Spinozist Perspective
Teaching Finance through a Social Science Lens
Conclusion – Finance and Sustainability: An Integrated Thinking
Postscript
Index