The Commercial Paper Debate

Debate on the paper

Since the classic papers by Sir Ronald Ross, the need to consider phenomena from both the individual and collective perspectives at the same time has been key to understanding the dynamic of infectious diseases. Unfortunately, this double dimension of the epidemiology of infectious diseases has been too often disregarded/misinterpreted. In their paper, Vlahov & Celentano revive the challenge po...

explanation of the issuance model of islamic commercial paper for commercial corporations

commercial paper is an unsecured, short-term debt instrument issued by a corporation, typically for financing working capital and meeting short-term liabilities. it is one of the most important financial instruments that constitute a significant portion of issued debt securities in financial markets. nevertheless, commercial paper, like many other conventional financial instruments, has been st...

Commercial systems: paper for Somers collection

Why Has the Nonfinancial Commercial Paper Market Shrunk Recently ?

The total volume of nonfinancial commercial paper outstanding peaked in the fall of 2000 and has declined rapidly ever since. By September 2002, the market had shrunk more than 50 percent. Relative to historical patterns, both the magnitude and the timing of the decline are unusual. The decline is the largest on record, and the market started to shrink before the recent recession began. In the ...

Private Internet Debate Challenges Ray Rogers' Thermochimica Acta Paper

In an article recently published in Thermochimica Acta, Ray Rogers claims that certain results and observations from procedures that he performed on Shroud samples “prove that the radiocarbon sample was not part of the original cloth of the Shroud of Turin.” While I welcome the relative increase in publicity regarding the authenticity and study of the Shroud of Turin which his article generated...