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La justification de l'essor des conglomérats financiers en Europe

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  • Thierry Sessin

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[eng] The justification of expanding financial conglomerates in Europe . The arcticle propose to justify the emergence of conglomerates by insisting on the mutual advantages of managers and shareholders. From this point of view, managers have the role of rendering coherent varying activities which may not necessarily be in synergy in order to secure sufficient profitability for shareholders. Furthemore, such managers whose objectives does not only reside in the maximisation of share values, maximize howerver their presence within the conglomerate (entranchment theory). Our idea is that the conglomerate succeeds in strentgthening the entranchement theory, by giving managers additional debt margins (by intra-group debt) in order to increase the level of leverage of the conglomerate. At the same time, conglomerates, having little equity capital, benefit from the prudential consolidation rules, the double consequence of which being the artificial increase of the capital by simple addition, and the isolation of the manager from shareholder pressure. [fre] Cet article propose de justifier l'émergence des conglomérats, en insistant sur les avantages réciproques des managers et des actionnaires. De ce point de vue, les managers ont pour fonction de rendre cohérent des activités n'entrant pas nécessairement en synergie, pour assurer une rentabilité suffisante aux actionnaires. D'autre part, les managers dont l'objectif ne se réduit pas à la maximisation de la valeur des actions, tentent de maximiser leur présence au sein du conglomérat (thèse de l'enracinement). Notre idée est que le conglomérat parvient à conforter la thèse de l'enracinement, en donnant aux managers des marges d'endettement supplémentaires (par l'endettement intra-groupe) afin d'augmenter l'effet de levier du conglomérat. En même temps les conglomérats faiblement dotés de fonds propres bénéficient du régime de consolidation prudentiel, dont la double conséquence est d'une part l'augmentation artificielle des fonds propres par simple addition, et l'isolement du manager de la pression des actionnaires.

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  • Thierry Sessin, 1997. "La justification de l'essor des conglomérats financiers en Europe," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 41(3), pages 195-218.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1997_num_41_3_2344
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1997.2344
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