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Back then, Argentina tried to fend off creditors by adopting a hard-line attitude about reducing its debt obligations. When it initiated a bond exchange offer in 2005 and told its creditors to "take it or leave it," the republic... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro

14 Apr 2022
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China Hesitates on Bailing Out Sri Lanka, Pakistan as Debt Soars

April 2007 (Revised July 2007)
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Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim

Keywords: Money; Borrowing and Debt; Trade; Poverty

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26 Oct 2021
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One in Five Americans Has Medical Debt in Collections, Study Finds. It’s Worse in the South

January 2021 (Revised February 2021)
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Carnival Corporation: Cruising Through COVID-19

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah Abbott

In March 2020, in response to the global pandemic, the cruise industry ceased operations. Carnival was the largest cruise line operator in the world, and CEO Arnold Donald and his management team worked to position the company to survive. They slashed operating... View Details

Keywords: Debt Issuance; Equity Issuances; Convertible Debt; Cruise Lines; Restructuring; Capital; Crisis Management; Cash Flow; Health Pandemics; Borrowing and Debt; Travel Industry; United States

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Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Human Capital; Compensation and Benefits; Borrowing and Debt; Sovereign Finance; National Security

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1992
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Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L.H.P. Kang

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Restructuring

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29 Jul 2021
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Medical debt was cut nearly in half in states that expanded Medicaid

1993
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Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

By: S. C. Gilson

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt

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(With Kristin Mugford) Set in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to... View Details

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Appliance Company: Accounting for Bad Debt and Warranty Service Costs

Debt and Democracy: The New York Constitutional Convention of 1846

Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A) (TN)

China's HNA, shedding debt overseas, is still Hainan's hometown champion

‘A Different Kind of Moral Hazard’: The History and Politics behind the Evergrande Debt Crisis

Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance

HBS Faculty Offer International Perspective On Debt Ceiling and Market Turmoil

The cycle of debt among vendors in India and the Philippines

Negotiating Trust: Borrowers, Lenders, and the Politics of Household Debt (TN)

Rating Cut of U.S. Debt Echoes the Nervousness of Global Markets

To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

China Hesitates on Bailing Out Sri Lanka, Pakistan as Debt Soars

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (B)

One in Five Americans Has Medical Debt in Collections, Study Finds. It’s Worse in the South

Carnival Corporation: Cruising Through COVID-19

Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions

Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

Medical debt was cut nearly in half in states that expanded Medicaid

Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

School Specialty Inc. (HBS Case #214084)