
doi: 10.46298/arcs.9233
This article addresses the structural power of banks by analyzing the market for Leveraged Buy-Outs (LBOs) in France during the 2000s. It attempts to operationalize the concept of financial hegemony in an original way, working from the idea of point-vulnerability in a graph, introducing a method that can be used to model a network according to this criteria (cohesive blocking). The analysis shows that banks oc-cupy not only the most central, but also the most vulnerable positions in the system compared with corporations and private equity firms. The crisis of 2007-2008 has enabled banks to impose their conditions and to firmly reinstate their hegemony which was somewhat contested during the bubble period. The structure that results from such an evo-lution has ambiguous implications for systemic risk. Cet article traite du pouvoir structurel des banques en prenant le cas du marché des opérations d’acquisition avec effet de levier (Leveraged Buy-Out ou LBO) en France dans les années 2000. Il tente d’opérationnaliser le concept d’hégémonie financière de manière origi-nale, à partir de l’idée de vulnérabilité d’un graphe en certain de ces points et il présente une méthode permettant de modéliser un réseau social suivant ce critère (cohesive blocking). L’analyse montre que les banques occupent non seulement les places centrales, mais aussi les positions les plus vulnérables dans le système d’interdépendance par rapport aux entreprises et aux fonds d’investissement participant aux opérations de LBO. La crise de 2007-2008 a permis aux banques d’imposer leurs conditions et de rétablir fermement l’hégémonie quelque peu remise en cause durant la période de bulle. La structure qui en résulte a néanmoins des implications ambiguës sur le risque sys-témique.
[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, [SHS.SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, graph vulnerability, Sociologie économique, cohesive blocking, LBO, vulnérabilité d’un graphe, Economic sociology, financial hegemony, hégémonie financière
[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, [SHS.SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology, graph vulnerability, Sociologie économique, cohesive blocking, LBO, vulnérabilité d’un graphe, Economic sociology, financial hegemony, hégémonie financière
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