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  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

http://www.amazon.com/Land-Bargains-Chinese-Capitalism-Politics/dp/1107539870/ May 2015 Journal of Economic Perspectives Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Harold Stanley

    Having made a name for himself at JP Morgan prior to the Banking Act of 1933, Stanley became a leader in the newly independent investment banking industry. Under Stanley’s leadership, his company gained a strong position in securities offerings, especially in the View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • 03 Jan 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

    among some financial organizations. The US government has an Office of Compliance, an “independent, non-partisan” agency.] The purpose would be to facilitate knowledge of what is going on in the organization. It might be argued that this... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 11 Sep 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

    thereby contributes to the theory of positive optimal taxation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54934 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 15 Feb 2017
    • Op-Ed

    What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

    investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a scarcity of government... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
    • 01 Dec 2009
    • News

    Prof’s Dream Comes True

    option of purchasing savings bonds with tax refunds, 3,025 low-income tax filers bought 5,004 bonds worth $630,000, says Timothy Flacke, D2D executive director. “We can’t wait to see how many people buy... View Details
    • 01 Aug 2019
    • News

    Investing for Good

    arrangement to deliver social value and financial value. “The social impact bond allows government to transfer the risk of performance of particular social programs to the investors. So in the event of a... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • 22 Mar 2011
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    First Look: March 22

    explicitly considering counterfactual histories had the innovations never been invented or adopted. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16780 An Empirical Decomposition of Risk and Liquidity in Nominal and Inflation-Indexed View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2009
    • News

    An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

    chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (Wiley). How does the... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
    • 11 Apr 2017
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    First Look at New Research, April 11

    increase in the cross-country correlations of stock and government bond returns since the late 1990s. We show that for global equities this increase has been driven primarily by increased cross-country... View Details
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    • 06 Dec 2011
    • Op-Ed

    Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

    deleveraging that made them sell European sovereign debt. But the ECB's most powerful weapon - intervening in the bond market - is still locked away. Draghi needs to create consensus among the German "hawks" who worry about the... View Details
    Keywords: by Dante Roscini
    • 21 Apr 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

    investors lose. The idea has garnered much discussion in the United States since President Obama proposed spending up to $100 million on social impact bond pilot programs when announcing the 2012 budget in February. While the idea of a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • 30 Jun 2009
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    First Look: June 30

    government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Mar 2014
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    First Look: March 25

    on bond risks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2332106 Opting Out of Good Governance By: Foley, C. Fritz, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein, and Eric Zwick Abstract—Cross-listing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Oct 2013
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    First Look: October 15

    Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Sep 2013
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    First Look: September 24

    external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Mar 2008
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    First Look: March 4, 2008

    Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 10 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

    and face the dire condition of the US government's finances. In fact, it's time to press snooze. First, the fiscal stress on the United States is not imminent. Borrowing costs for the government are at historic lows. View Details
    Keywords: by Staff