Erwan Morellec

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

College of Management

Extranef Quartier UNIL-Dorigny

1015 Lausanne, CH-1015

Switzerland

http://sfi.epfl.ch/

Swiss Finance Institute

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1.

The Dynamics of Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Aug 2001
Erwan Morellec and Alexei Zhdanov
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Pennsylvania State University
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Takeovers, Option Games, Real Options, Learning

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Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics

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Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2010
Erwan Morellec, Boris Nikolov and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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dynamic capital structure, private benefits of control, structural estimation

Corporate Governance and Capital Structure Dynamics

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-10
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2010
Erwan Morellec, Boris Nikolov and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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dynamic capital structure, private benefits of control, structural estimation

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Stock Returns in Mergers and Acquisitions

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 06-1, EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Erwan Morellec and Dirk Hackbarth
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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takeovers, real options, stock returns, firm-level betas

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Competition, Cash Holdings, and Financing Decisions

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 13-72
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2014
Erwan Morellec, Boris Nikolov and Francesca Zucchi
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne and European Central Bank
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product market competition, cash holdings, financing decisions

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Capital Structure, Credit Risk, and Macroeconomic Conditions

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Apr 2003
Jianjun Miao, Dirk Hackbarth and Erwan Morellec
Boston University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Dynamic Capital Structure, Credit Spreads, Macroeconomic Conditions

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On the Debt Capacity of Growth Options

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Sep 2001
Michael J. Barclay, Erwan Morellec and Clifford W. Smith
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
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Growth Options, Book Leverage

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Real Options and Risk Aversion

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2008
Julien Hugonnier and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Risk aversion, Real options, Investment timing

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Corporate Investment and Financing Under Asymmetric Information

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Corporate Investment and Financing Under Asymmetric Information

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2010
Erwan Morellec and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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real options, investment timing, asymmetric information, financing

Corporate Investment and Financing Under Asymmetric Information

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-09
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2010
Erwan Morellec and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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asymmetric information, financing decisions, investment timing

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Agency Conflicts and Risk Management

Simon School, University of Rochester, Research Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Aug 2001
Erwan Morellec and Clifford W. Smith
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
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Debt Financing, Hedging, Contingent Claims Analysis

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Capital Supply Uncertainty, Cash Holdings, and Investment

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 11-44
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 15 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 07 May 2014
Julien Hugonnier, Semyon Malamud and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Capital supply uncertainty, cash management, lumpy investment, inventory models

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Financing Investment: The Choice between Bonds and Bank Loans

HEC Paris Research Paper No. FIN-2013-1010, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-04
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 16 May 2014
Erwan Morellec, Philip Valta and Alexei Zhdanov
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Bern and Pennsylvania State University
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debt structure, capital structure, investment, credit supply, competition

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Can Managerial Discretion Explain Observed Leverage Ratios?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Aug 2001
Erwan Morellec
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Investment Policy, Financing Policy, Market for Corporate Control

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Investment Policy, Financial Policies and the Market for Corporate Control

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Aug 2001
Erwan Morellec and Clifford W. Smith
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
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Financial Policies, Investment Policy, Market for Corporate Control

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Capital Structure, Investment, and Private Benefits of Control

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Sep 2004
Erwan Morellec and Neng Wang
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
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private benefits of control, investment policy, financing policy

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Corporate Control and Real Investment in Incomplete Markets

Simon School of Business Working Paper No. 04-10
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 May 2004
Julien Hugonnier and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Real options, incomplete markets, corporate control, risk aversion

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Investment Policy, Financial Policies, and the Control of Agency Conflicts

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Sep 2002
Erwan Morellec and Clifford W. Smith
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester
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Investment Policy, Financing Policy, Risk Management

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Capital Structure and Asset Prices: Some Effects of Bankruptcy Procedures

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Nov 2001
Erwan Morellec and Pascal Francois
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and HEC Montreal - Department of Finance
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Agency Conflicts Around the World

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Agency Conflicts Around the World

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 15-21
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 14 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2018
Erwan Morellec, Boris Nikolov and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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Capital Structure, Agency Conflicts, Corporate Governance, Structural Estimation

Agency Conflicts Around the World

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11243
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 May 2016
Erwan Morellec, Boris Nikolov and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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agency conflicts, Capital Structure, corporate governance, structural estimation

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Financing and Takeovers

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 06-22
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Jul 2006
Erwan Morellec and Alexei Zhdanov
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Pennsylvania State University
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takeovers, option games, real options, capital structure

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Understanding Cash Flow Risk

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 18-21
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Loriano Mancini, Erwan Morellec, Enrique J. Schroth and Philip Valta
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EDHEC Business School and University of Bern
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cash flow risk, permanent and transitory shocks, liquidity management

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Noisy Information and Investment Decisions: A Note

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Aug 1998
Laurent Gauthier and Erwan Morellec
University of Lorraine - CEREFIGE Research Center and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Debt Enforcement, Investment, and Risk Taking Across Countries

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 13-64
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2016
Giovanni Favara, Erwan Morellec, Enrique J. Schroth and Philip Valta
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EDHEC Business School and University of Bern
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Debt renegotiation, Default; Investment , Asset sales, Risk-taking

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Short-Term Debt and Incentives for Risk-Taking

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-21
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2019
Marco Della Seta, Erwan Morellec and Francesca Zucchi
APG - Asset Management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and European Central Bank
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Short-term debt financing, financing frictions, rollover risk, risk-taking

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Agency Conflicts and Short- vs Long-Termism in Corporate Policies

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Agency Conflicts and Short- vs Long-Termism in Corporate Policies

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 163, No. 3, 2020, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 18-16
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), HEC Paris and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Optimal short- and long-termism, Agency conflicts, Multi-tasking

Agency Conflicts Over the Short and Long Run: Short-Termism, Long-Termism, and Pay-for-Luck

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12720
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), HEC Paris and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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A Dynamic Analysis of Takeover Deals with Competition and Imperfect Information

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 May 2003
Erwan Morellec and Alexei Zhdanov
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Pennsylvania State University
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Takeovers, Real Options, Competition, Learning

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Can Corporate Debt Foster Innovation and Growth?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-79
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Thomas Geelen, Jakub Hajda and Erwan Morellec
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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debt, innovation, industry dynamics, growth

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Credit Supply and Corporate Policies

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Erwan Morellec
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Corporate investment, capital structure, credit supply, real options, search

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Optimal Financing with Tokens

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 19-78
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2020
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), HEC Paris and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Tokens, Platforms, Moral Hazard, Financial Constraints, Dividend Rights

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Personal Taxes, Leverage, and Real Investment

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Jul 2004
Erwan Morellec and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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real options, capital gains taxation, capital structure

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Bank Capital, Liquid Reserves, and Insolvency Risk

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Bank Capital, Liquid Reserves, and Insolvency Risk

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 14-70
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2016
Julien Hugonnier and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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banks; liquidity buffers; capital structure; insolvency risk; regulation

Bank Capital, Liquid Reserves, and Insolvency Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10378
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Julien Hugonnier and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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banks, capital structure, insolvency risk, liquidity buffers, regulation

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Product Market Competition and Option Prices

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 17-07
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2018
Erwan Morellec and Alexei Zhdanov
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Pennsylvania State University
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Product market competition, Investment, Leverage effect, Option skew

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Irreversible Investment with Regime Shifts

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Dec 2002
Xin Guo, Jianjun Miao and Erwan Morellec
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Boston University - Department of Economics and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Investment, Capacity Choice, Regime Shifts, Real Options

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Credit Market Frictions and Capital Structure Dynamics

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2014
Julien Hugonnier, Semyon Malamud and Erwan Morellec
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Credit supply uncertainty, dynamic capital structure, default risk, search

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Financing Cycles

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2023
Thomas Geelen, Jakub Hajda, Erwan Morellec and Adam Winegar
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and BI Norwegian Business School
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capital age, debt cycles, maturity cycles

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Corporate Policies with Permanent and Transitory Shocks

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-18
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Mar 2016
Jean-Paul Decamps, Sebastian Gryglewicz, Erwan Morellec and Stephane Villeneuve
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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Financing frictions; cash holdings; risk management; credit lines; permanent and transitory shocks

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Relationship Capital and Financing Decisions

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 21-46
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2023
Thomas Geelen, Erwan Morellec, Natalia Rostova and Natalia Rostova
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Finance, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance InstituteEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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relationship lending, capital structure, debt maturity, default

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Screening and Monitoring of Corporate Loans

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 21-82
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
Sebastian Gryglewicz, Simon Mayer and Erwan Morellec
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), HEC Paris and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Corporate loans, Moral Hazard, Securitization, CLOs, Debt Maturity, Dynamic Contracting

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Rollover Traps

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 16-19
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2016
Marco Della Seta, Erwan Morellec and Francesca Zucchi
APG - Asset Management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and European Central Bank
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Short-term debt financing; rollover risk; financial amplification

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Dynamic Investment and Financing under Personal Taxation

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Dynamic Investment and Financing under Personal Taxation

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Sep 2008
Erwan Morellec and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne
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real options; capital gains taxation; capital structure

Dynamic Investment and Financing Under Personal Taxation

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 101-146, 2009
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Erwan Morellec and Norman Schuerhoff
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute - HEC Lausanne

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G31, G32, H24, H32

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Takeover Protections and Asset Returns

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 20-105
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 03 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2022
Assaf Eisdorfer, Erwan Morellec and Alexei Zhdanov
University of Connecticut - Department of Finance, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Pennsylvania State University
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Takeovers, stock returns, equity risk

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Corporate Policies with Permanent and Temporary Shocks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10420
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Feb 2015
J. P. Decamps, Sebastian Gryglewicz, Erwan Morellec and Stephane Villeneuve
University of Toulouse 1 - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
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corporate policies, financing frictions, permanent vs. temporary shocks, risk management