Prof. Erwan Morellec
SFI Senior Chair, Head of SFI PhD Program, Professor of Finance, EPFL
Erwan Morellec is Professor of Finance at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Previously Professor Morellec was a professor at the University of Rochester and at the University of Lausanne. He has also held visiting appointments at HEC Paris and MIT Sloan.
Expertise
Professor Morellec investigates the effects of debt financing on innovation by corporations, the effects of capital age on financing choices, and the effects of activism on the green transition. He actively participates in SFI Knowledge Exchange activities on corporate debt and sustainability.
Expertise Fields
- Financial Markets
- Financial Crises
- Systemic Risk and Regulation
- Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
- Equities
- Options and Other Derivatives
- Financial Institutions
- Banks
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Bankruptcy and Liquidation
- Capital Budgeting and Investment Policy
- Corporate Governance and Managerial Compensation
- Financial Risk and Risk Management
- Financial Valuation
- Financing Policy and Capital Structure
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Frontier Topics
- Big Data and Fintech
- Sustainable Finance