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- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
tax obligations. Q: You mentioned the dual-book system. Why are firms allowed to report their profits in two different ways to capital markets and tax authorities? A: It is a curious system. Imagine if you were allowed to report income to... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
I never took the General’s course. That I had avoided him all that time is one of the significant mistakes of my lifetime. Richard Chapin (MBA ’49) Georgetown, ME HBS Should Probe Capitalism’s Troubles I read with keen interest the report on the June HBS faculty... View Details
- 28 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 28
are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209043-PDF-ENG How Institutional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Municipal, local and national level financial data, demographics and market information sources to inform and support public sector entrepreneurship Where can I find government data (federal, municipal, city, etc.)? Lists... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
anger, and shifting ideologies. Then, in 1982, the bull market in stocks began. It changed the way companies were managed. CEOs focused on getting the stock price up. There was a takeover movement, then junk bonds, and then leveraged... View Details
- Fast Answer
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools
What GIS resources are available to Harvard affiliates? Harvard provides access to several tools that allow you to map data: SimplyAnalytics: web-based mapping tool that incorporates market research data from Experian... View Details
- Profile
Jeff Nelson
When he joined the single-family project-development group, he entered the eye of the storm. “I was in the division addressing the core problem – fixing the way mortgages originated in the first place.” With his colleagues, Jeff developed... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Mortgage & Realty and Michigan Heritage Bancorp. He has led several community organizations, such as the Lansing Symphony, Capital Area United Fund, and the Voluntary Action Center in Lansing. Born in New York City and raised in Wilmette,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions — expensing of investments, for example — were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating... View Details
- 17 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Going the Distance for Investment Excellence
financial analyst position with Goldman Sachs in mortgage trading and investment banking—but not until first earning a GMAT score he felt would later secure his acceptance at HBS. “In those seven weeks after graduation I did little but... View Details
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
was a spillover from the mortgage markets to markets that were fairly priced? And if there was a high degree of mispricing before the crisis, what impact did that have for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
generously subsidized (largely through the tax deductibility of mortgage interest, which stimulates demand for homes as well as loans from banks). Private equity, which enjoys a 15 percent tax rate on carried interest. (If the tax rate on... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
mortgage or with very little debt. Unlike in the United States, banks are also less on the line in real estate. We should always keep in mind that the Chinese property market was stagnant or worse... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
same way. A home mortgage is a simple example of how our work is commonly applied. Most mortgages allow the homeowner the option to prepay the mortgage before its term is up.... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
considerable amount of high-quality research has been done regarding financial stability. Some of these steps were prompted by regulatory changes—or anticipation of such changes. But perhaps the biggest force in stabilizing the financial system has been greater public... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
regulations should focus on. Repressing too much would be a problem. Obviously, Brazilian bankers at the turn of the 20th century were relatively conservative. They had mortgages on their balance sheets, but monitored them closely. At the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
relations. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton mason vandello biga dyer.pdf Toward a Three-Tier Market for U.S. Home Mortgages Authors:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Chap. 3 in The Future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
serve as a new source of funds for mortgage lenders. The proposal was controversial, however. Opponents disliked the fact that the Federal Building Loan Banks would have the authority to issue tax-free, mortgage-backed bonds, and many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
the industry and dominated it for nearly 20 years, the well-respected company faces a bevy of new entrants from the banking, mortgage finance, and insurance sectors. In particular, management must decide how to respond to an aggressive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
secretary has continued to be a blessing, as I’ve been in the middle of communications between members of our class and HBS for the past 40 years.” Freeman returned to the company after HBS, but after five years decided to put the knowledge he had gained to use in the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman