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- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
association between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-064.pdf Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2019
- Module Note
Executing Active Investment Strategies
By: Samuel G. Hanson
Hanson, Samuel G. "Executing Active Investment Strategies." Harvard Business School Module Note 219-080, January 2019.
- December 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Teaching Note
Merger Arbitrage at Tannenberg Capital
By: Samuel G. Hanson
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 218-065 and 218-066.
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- January 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Background Note
Margin Accounts
By: Samuel G. Hanson
Hanson, Samuel G. "Margin Accounts." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-079, January 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
- April 2012
- Article
Share Issuance and Factor Timing
By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
We show that characteristics of stock issuers can be used to forecast important common factors in stocks' returns such as those associated with book-to-market, size, and industry. Specifically, we use differences between the attributes of stock issuers and repurchasers...
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Keywords:
Investment Portfolio;
Stock Shares;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Investment Return;
Policy;
Profit
Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel G. Hanson. "Share Issuance and Factor Timing." Journal of Finance 67, no. 2 (April 2012): 761–798. (Internet Appendix Here.)
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a theory for why it...
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Carmen Nobel
- August 2021
- Article
Rate-Amplifying Demand and the Excess Sensitivity of Long-Term Rates
By: Samuel G. Hanson, David O. Lucca and Jonathan H. Wright
Long-term nominal interest rates are surprisingly sensitive to high-frequency (daily or monthly) movements in short-term rates. Since 2000, this high-frequency sensitivity has grown even stronger in U.S. data. By contrast, the association between low-frequency changes...
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Hanson, Samuel G., David O. Lucca, and Jonathan H. Wright. "Rate-Amplifying Demand and the Excess Sensitivity of Long-Term Rates." Quarterly Journal of Economics 136, no. 3 (August 2021): 1719–1781.
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
HBS faculty members and other experts across Harvard reflect on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the state of the banking industry. How ‘Payment Banks’ Could Prevent the Next Bank Collapse Professor Mihir Desai writes in Harvard Business Review that to shore up...
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- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Race and Seeming Racist? Evaluating Strategic Colorblindness in Social Interaction Authors:Evan P. Apfelbaum, Samuel R. Sommers, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 95, no. 4 (2008): 918-932...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
establishing that cultural values causally impact the contents of gender stereotypes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-097.pdf Characteristic Timing Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Gregory View Details
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Martha Lagace
- September 2008
- Article
Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification
By: Samuel G. Hanson, M. Hashem Pesaran and Til Schuermann
This paper examines the impact of neglected heterogeneity on credit risk. We show that neglecting heterogeneity in firm returns and/or default thresholds leads to under estimation of expected losses (EL), and its effect on portfolio risk is ambiguous. Once EL is...
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Keywords:
Volatility;
Credit;
Investment Return;
Outcome or Result;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Loss;
Diversification;
Complexity;
United States
Hanson, Samuel G., M. Hashem Pesaran, and Til Schuermann. "Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification." Journal of Empirical Finance 15, no. 4 (September 2008): 583–612.
- August 2006
- Article
Confidence Intervals for Probabilities of Default
By: Samuel G. Hanson and Til Schuermann
In this paper we conduct a systematic comparison of confidence intervals around estimated probabilities of default (PD) using several analytical approaches as well as parametric and nonparametric bootstrap methods. We do so for two different PD estimation...
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Hanson, Samuel G., and Til Schuermann. "Confidence Intervals for Probabilities of Default." Journal of Banking & Finance 30, no. 8 (August 2006).
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
Corporate Finance Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company By: Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim Abstract—Faced with a large percentage of investors that chase short-term returns,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand View Details
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Martha Lagace
- November 2015 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
Public Capital Markets
By: Samuel G. Hanson and Colton Hicks
Hanson, Samuel G., and Colton Hicks. "Public Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Case 216-029, November 2015. (Revised December 2017.)
- November 2012
- Article
The Variance of Non-Parametric Treatment Effect Estimators in the Presence of Clustering
By: Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam
Non-parametric estimators of treatment effects are often applied in settings where clustering may be important. We provide a general methodology for consistently estimating the variance of a large class of non-parametric estimators, including the simple matching...
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Keywords:
Treatment Effects;
Matching Estimators;
Clustering;
Applications and Software;
Mathematical Methods
Hanson, Samuel G., and Adi Sunderam. "The Variance of Non-Parametric Treatment Effect Estimators in the Presence of Clustering." Review of Economics and Statistics 94, no. 4 (November 2012). (Stata and Matlab Code Here.)
- January 2015 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Dogs of the Dow
By: Malcolm Baker, Samuel G. Hanson and James Weber
This case describes the Dogs of the Dow investment strategy, value investing, and using dividend yields as a means to determine intrinsic value. It also describes exchange traded notes and a particular exchange traded note, known as the Dogs of the Dow, which tracks...
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Keywords:
Dow Jones;
Dow Jones Industrial Average;
Exchange Traded Note;
Exchange Traded Fund;
Value Investing;
Benjamin Graham;
Investment Strategy;
Dividend Yield;
Intrinsic Value;
Dividend Discount Model;
Michael O'Higgins;
Financial Instruments;
Investment;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Baker, Malcolm, Samuel G. Hanson, and James Weber. "Dogs of the Dow." Harvard Business School Case 215-020, January 2015. (Revised October 2018.)
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
strengthen their virtuous cycles, undermine those of rivals, and even use them to turn competitors' strengths into weaknesses. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/01/how-to-design-a-winning-business-model/ar/1# Share Issuance and Factor Timing Authors:Robin Greenwood...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Authors:Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract Changes in monetary policy have surprisingly strong effects on forward real rates in the distant future. A 100 basis-point increase in the 2-year nominal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
The Fidelity Growth Company Fund
By: Sara L. Fleiss and Samuel G. Hanson
Fleiss, Sara L., and Samuel G. Hanson. "The Fidelity Growth Company Fund." Harvard Business School Case 218-090, March 2018. (Revised February 2019.)