We aim at obtaining a simple quantitative rule for the joint determining of optimal corporate investment and financing policies in an intertemporal setting. A novel general continuous-time framework, inspired by the optimal portfolio design literature, is first built. We derive the optimal...

A company's investment program is drawn up with specific reference, using a joint analysis of marginal cost of capital (MCC) and investment opportunity schedule (IOS) curves. It is suggested to apply the modified internal rate of return (MIRR) indicator instead of the internal rate of return...

Tropical deforestation is one of the major sources of carbon emissions, but the Kyoto Protocol presently excludes avoiding these specific emissions to fulfill stabilization targets. Since the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC in 2007, where the need for policy incentives for the...