• 22 Feb 2012
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Disclosures Are Found to Change Financial Behavior

• 2024
• Working Paper

The Evolution of Financial Services in the United States

By: Robin Greenwood, David S. Scharfstein and Robert Ialenti

This article surveys the literature on the historical growth and transformation of the U.S. financial sector. The sector expanded rapidly between 1980 until 2006, when its contribution to GDP rose from 4.8% to 7.6%. After the Global Financial Crisis, the size of the... View Details

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Greenwood, Robin, David S. Scharfstein, and Robert Ialenti. "The Evolution of Financial Services in the United States." Working Paper, November 2024.

• August 1998
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General Motors Corp. (B), The : Financial Policies

By: Peter Tufano

The second in a four-part series, the case details the financial policies and practices at General Motors from 1990 to 1996. This part describes the stated financial policies of the firm, including its approach to capital structure, liability structure, equity... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Finance; Auto Industry; United States

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Tufano, Peter, William J Wildern, and Markus Mullarkey. "General Motors Corp. (B), The : Financial Policies." Harvard Business School Case 299-007, August 1998.

• 12 Sep 2023
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How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

• 2010
• Working Paper

Financial guarantors and the 2007-2009 credit crisis

More than half of the municipal bonds issued between 1995 and 2009 were sold with bond insurance. During the credit crisis the perceived credit quality of the financial guarantors fell, and yields on insured bonds exceeded yields on equivalent uninsured issues. It does... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Credit; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Insurance; Quality

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Bergstresser, Daniel B., Randolph Cohen, and Siddharth Shenai. "Financial guarantors and the 2007-2009 credit crisis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-051, November 2010.

• June 2009
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Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation

By: Lucy White and Alan Morrison

We analyze the desirability of level playing fields in international financial regulation. In general, level playing fields impose the standards of the weakest regulator upon the best-regulated economies. However, they may be desirable when capital is mobile because... View Details

Keywords: Economy; International Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Banking Industry

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White, Lucy, and Alan Morrison. "Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation." Journal of Finance 64, no. 3 (June 2009): 1099–1142.

Are We On the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?

In 2008, a collapse in housing prices triggered a global financial crisis. John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, believes history may be about to repeat itself — this time caused by our failure to acknowledge and confront the perils... View Details

• 20 Feb 2019
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Finding Historical Financial Statements with Compustat

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Financial Highlights - Annual Report 2019

Financials Financial Highlights 1ms Operating revenues decreased 7 percent to $861 million, while operating expenses increased 1 percent to $831 million. HBS Online revenue increased year over year, Harvard... View Details