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- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual states weren't required to...
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- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208088 Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Harvard Business School Note 208-113 This lesson integrated Merton's (1974) contingent claims model of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
stern letter, Eisenhower was on the verge of replacing him as commander of one of the armies. Q: What do the hedgehog and fox metaphors mean in relation to the complexities of leadership? A: The title of the book is a debt I owe to Isaiah...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
capital flows—both debt and equity—into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
mean that in the most positive sense, needless to say. What’s really funny is that all she’s doing is demanding due diligence.” For example, Cognetti was surprised to find out that the district rarely followed state or federal procurement law when purchasing goods and...
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- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male circumcision can reduce the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
sentiment proxies indicate that credit risk is aggressively priced, this tends to be followed by a subsequent widening of credit spreads, and the timing of this widening is, in turn, closely tied to the onset of a contraction in economic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
connected than oneself was associated with more friendship formation. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53066 Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
Carbonell-Nicolau and Diego Comin Publication:Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (forthcoming) Abstract This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
for firms to capture value in a modular system. This paper brings together the theory of modularity from the engineering and management literatures with the modern economic theory of property rights and relational contracts to address the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints, and limited salience are significant non-price frictions that constrain demand. We suggest...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
Marquee Prospect Plays Hardball (A) Harvard Business School Case 908-010 Describes the hardball tactics facing Peter Welz, who seeks to negotiate a make-or-break contract with a vastly larger potential client. Welz's counterpart team is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
account for horizontal peer comparison when designing executive wage contracts and that this comparison has productivity consequences for firms. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 How Do Risk Managers Become...
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Anna Secino
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
federal government, federal contractors with contracts of more than $10,000, and programs receiving federal financial assistance 1974 The Vietnam Era Readjustment Act requires affirmative action for disabled and Vietnam era veterans by...
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- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
competitive imitation. Make it tough for rivals to copy your product-to-platform strategy: consider creating proprietary standards, using exclusivity contracts and erecting other barriers to competition. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time is about to trigger bank covenants due to poor financial performance. The prior owner continues to be involved in the business, handling key customers and expecting a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
hard to quantify in the time-series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank View Details
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Sean Silverthorne