The objective of this paper is to investigate the process of company´s debt accumulation in different European countries throughout the last decade. As a preliminary step to the empirical study, a new theoretical framework is proposed relative to capital structure, where the decision of going...

Waiting lists are the main mechanisms for rationing demand in national health systems. The usual way to organize patients in a waiting list is on a simple first come first serve basis. Characteristics like the intensity of symptoms or the patient’s limitations in daily activities are not...