Filter Results
:
(168)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,282)
- Faculty Publications (168)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,282)
- Faculty Publications (168)
- 1996
- Article
Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model
By: William R. Kerr and Robert G. King
There has been a substantial amount of research on interest rate rules. This literature finds that the feasibility and desirability of interest rate rules depends on the structure of the model used to approximate macroeconomic reality. We employ a series of...
View Details
Keywords:
Inflation and Deflation;
Macroeconomics;
Interest Rates;
Price;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Performance Expectations
Kerr, William R., and Robert G. King. "Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model." Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly 82, no. 2 (1996): 47–75.
- December 1995 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc.
By: Peter Tufano
Rick Melnick oversees the Student Educational Loan Fund (SELF), which provides loans to Harvard Business School students. SELF is changing the terms of student loans from variable-rate with semiannual payments to fixed-rate loans with equal monthly payments. Melnick...
View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Cameron Poetzscher. "Student Educational Loan Fund, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 296-046, December 1995. (Revised February 1997.)
- August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Hutton Branch Manager (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
The manager of an E.F. Hutton branch office must decide how best to approach a colleague whose aggressive and ethically problematic cash management practices have cost the branch a major institutional client. These practices had been encouraged by top management at...
View Details
Keywords:
Ethics;
Business or Company Management;
Decisions;
Management Skills;
Cash Flow;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Management Teams;
Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-044, August 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- 1995
- Chapter
The Tax Treatment of Interest and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals
By: K. Froot and J. Hines
Froot, K., and J. Hines. "The Tax Treatment of Interest and the Operations of U.S. Multinationals." In Taxing Multinational Corporations, edited by M. Feldstein, J. Hines, and G. Hubbard, 81–93. University of Chicago Press, 1995.
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
B.F. Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap, The TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-284-080).
View Details
- March 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Background Note
Options and Put-Call Parity
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Illustrates the payoff structure of various positions involving put and call options and the use of put-call parity in understanding the relationships among various positions. Examines the cases of insured equity, interest rate caps and floors, callable and extendable...
View Details
Keywords:
Stock Options
Perold, Andre F., and Wai Lee. "Options and Put-Call Parity." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-129, March 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- 1995
- Chapter
Securities Transaction Taxes: What about International Experiences Migrating Markets?
By: John Y. Campbell and Kenneth A. Froot
Keywords:
Corporation Taxation;
Interest Deductibility;
Cost of Capital;
Taxation;
Financing and Loans;
Interest Rates;
Corporate Finance
Campbell, John Y., and Kenneth A. Froot. "Securities Transaction Taxes: What about International Experiences Migrating Markets?" Chap. 4 in Securities Transaction Taxes: False Hopes and Unintended Consequences, edited by Suzanne Hammond, 110–142. Chicago: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1995. (Reprinted in Inversión y Finanzas, 1996.)
- November 1994 (Revised January 1995)
- Background Note
A Note on Capital Cash Flow Valuation
Presents the capital cash flow method for valuing risky cash flows. In this method cash flows are calculated to include the benefits of interest tax shields. In a capital structure, with just ordinary debt and common equity, capital cash flows equal the flows available...
View Details
Ruback, Richard S. "A Note on Capital Cash Flow Valuation." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-069, November 1994. (Revised January 1995.)
- 1994
- Chapter
International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes
By: K. A. Froot and J. Campbell
Keywords:
Corporation Taxation;
Interest Deductibility;
Cost Of Capital;
Corporate Finance;
Accounting;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financing and Loans;
Interest Rates
Froot, K. A., and J. Campbell. "International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes." In The Internationalization of Equity Markets, edited by J. Frankel, 277–308. University of Chicago Press, 1994. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4587, December 1993; also featured in The NBER Digest, May 1994.)
- March 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Interest Rate Derivatives
By: Peter Tufano
Introduces and explains the six major interest rate derivative products: swaps, forward rate agreements, Eurodollar futures, bond options, caps/floors/collars, and swap options.
View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Interest Rate Derivatives." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-095, March 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- 1994
- Other Unpublished Work
Interest Allocation Rules and the Changing Cost of Debt Finance
By: K. A. Froot and J. Hines
- February 1994 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Banc One Corporation: Asset and Liability Management
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Peter Tufano and Jon Headley
Banc One's share price has been falling recently due to analyst and investor concern over the bank's heavy use of interest rate derivatives. Dick Lodge, chief investment officer in charge of the bank's investment and derivative portfolio, must recommend to the CEO a...
View Details
Keywords:
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Financial Management;
Interest Rates;
Investment Portfolio;
Governance Controls;
Risk Management;
Banking Industry
Esty, Benjamin C., Peter Tufano, and Jon Headley. "Banc One Corporation: Asset and Liability Management." Harvard Business School Case 294-079, February 1994. (Revised July 2008.)
- February 1994 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management
By: Peter Tufano
Union Carbide's board of directors is asked to evaluate a proposal from the staff treasurer's that would articulate policies to manage its debt portfolio. The staff proposes that shareholder value will be maximized if the firm manages its exposure to interest rates by...
View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Union Carbide Corporation: Interest Rate Risk Management." Harvard Business School Case 294-057, February 1994. (Revised February 1996.)
- January 1994
- Exercise
Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds
Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction.
View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds." Harvard Business School Exercise 294-034, January 1994.
- 1994
- Other Unpublished Work
Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance
By: K. A. Froot and J. Hines
- March 1993 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Liability Management at General Motors
By: Peter Tufano
An analyst at General Motors charged with managing the structure of the automaker's debt must decide whether and how to modify the interest rate exposure of the firm's most recent debt offering. The analyst must take into consideration GM's liability management policy...
View Details
Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital Structure;
Financial Management;
Interest Rates;
Risk Management;
Auto Industry;
North America
Tufano, Peter. "Liability Management at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 293-123, March 1993. (Revised July 2008.)
- 1993
- Article
Interest Rate Parity and the Exchange Risk Premium
By: E. S. Mayfield and R. Murphy
Mayfield, E. S., and R. Murphy. "Interest Rate Parity and the Exchange Risk Premium." Economics Letters (1993).
- September 1992 (Revised November 1993)
- Supplement
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two
By: George C. Lodge
Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement.
View Details
Keywords:
Political Elections;
Economy;
Situation or Environment;
Inflation and Deflation;
Interest Rates;
Central Banking;
Integration;
Germany;
Italy;
United Kingdom;
Europe
Lodge, George C. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-043, September 1992. (Revised November 1993.)
- September 1992 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification
By: George C. Lodge and James W. Ragsdale
In October 1990, eastern Germany was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany. The German people rewarded the architect of these changes, Helmut Kohl, with an enhanced majority in national elections. But only two years later it was hard to remember these heady...
View Details
Keywords:
Economy;
Inflation and Deflation;
Central Banking;
Interest Rates;
Political Elections;
Situation or Environment;
Integration;
Europe;
Germany;
Italy;
United Kingdom
Lodge, George C., and James W. Ragsdale. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification." Harvard Business School Case 793-033, September 1992. (Revised July 1998.)
- May 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
State of Connecticut Municipal Swap
By: Andre F. Perold
The state of Connecticut wants to raise $325 million of long-term fixed-rate debt. One alternative is to do this synthetically--issue long-term variable rate debt and enter into an interest rate swap. The case is a vehicle for analyzing various floating rate structures...
View Details
Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Interest Rates;
Taxation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk and Uncertainty;
New England
Perold, Andre F. "State of Connecticut Municipal Swap." Harvard Business School Case 291-024, May 1991. (Revised December 1994.)