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Scaling up interventions to achieve global tuberculosis control: progress and new developments

Stewart Cole

Tuberculosis is still one of the most important causes of death worldwide. The 2010 Lancet tuberculosis series provided a comprehensive overview of global control efforts and challenges. In this update we review recent progress. With improved control effor ...

2012

Credit Market Frictions and Capital Structure Dynamics

Semyon Malamud, Erwan Morellec, Julien Hugonnier

We study the implications of credit market frictions for the dynamics of corporate capital structure and the risk of default of corporations. To do so, we develop a dynamic capital structure model in which firms face uncertainty regarding their ability to ...

2012

Aligning Supply Chain and Product Portfolios

Ralf Seifert, Jean-Sébastien Tancrez, Kerstin Langenberg

In recent years, it has become widely accepted that optimal supply chain design depends on the type of product the chain is catering to. Moreover, as opposed to carrying one product type only, firms deliver a variety of both functional and innovative produ ...

Elsevier2012

Corporate investment and financing under asymmetric information

Erwan Morellec, Norman Schuerhoff

We develop a dynamic model of corporate investment and financing decisions in which corporate insiders have superior information about the firm's growth prospects. We show that firms with positive private information can credibly signal their type to outsi ...

2011

Demystifying Rational Financial Decision-Making

Anjali Devi Vanapilli Nursimulu

Is the human brain wired for wealth? The setting is the high-velocity financial environment. Undoubtedly, the development of sophisticated derivative instruments has improved the allocation of risk across economies, highlighting the nexus between banking a ...

EPFL2011

Dynamic investment and financing under personal taxation

Erwan Morellec, Norman Schuerhoff

This paper examines the effects of capital gains taxation on firms’ investment and financing decisions. We develop a real options model in which the timing of investment, the decision to default, and the firm’s capital structure are endogenously and jointl ...

2010

Revisiting the Edge, Ten Years On

Valérie Chavez, Paul Embrechts

When these lines are written, it is January 21, 2008, a further `Black Monday' on the international markets. Stock indices have fallen between 5 and 10%. Which statistical tools help in describing such events and may help in understanding the consequences? ...

2010

Collaborative working capital management in supply networks

Daniel Seifert

Supply chain management is widely accepted as a means for companies to gain competitive advantage. While product and information flows have been widely covered in the literature, relatively little attention has been paid to the management of a supply chain ...

EPFL2010

Credit Supply and Corporate Policies

Erwan Morellec

This paper develops a model of corporate investment and financing decisions that differs from previous contributions by recognizing that firms may face uncertainty regarding their future access to credit markets. We show that accounting for credit supply u ...

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series2010

Interrelating Operational and Financial Performance Measurements

Ralf Seifert, Margarita Protopappa

Financial supply chain management and working capital management are increasingly receiving attention as important avenues to increase profitability in supply chains. By actively managing payment terms and working capital requirements, managers can influen ...

Elsevier2010