crises - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

elasticity is two, optimal rates fall to 0.6% on average and 1.6% on high earners. Nevertheless, in all cases that we consider, the welfare gains of using optimal capital taxes are small. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-104.pdf Accounting for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Leonor Melo de Velasco

Keywords: Banking

Ghassan E. Nuqul

Keywords: Wellness

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

growth during the three years preceding financial busts, downturns, and crises from 1940 to 2014, the analysis finds. Once a boom cycle begins to bust, it’s corporate debt that accounts for the vast majority of unpaid loans. What’s more,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

research project began in the classroom during my first year as a professor at HBS. In the winter of 2000, my students and I were discussing the financial crises that erupted in Asia during 1997 and 1998. Unlike its neighbors, the... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

dramatic events in the international economy, such as recurrent banking and financial crises in several countries. Much of this explanation focuses on the role of confidence, expectations, and crowd psychology. These factors result in... View Details

Henry Eder Caicedo

Keywords: Agribusiness

Hüsnü Özyeğin

Keywords: Financial Services

Muhammad Musa

Keywords: Development; Microfinance

25 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

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

emerge from the Argentina case that will in some way ameliorate the risk. Given the lack of conversation about changes to the international financial architecture to manage and resolve debt crises more effectively, let me offer a radical... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro

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Crucibles of Crisis Leadership - Course Catalog

to do Nothing Career Focus: The course will be of particular interest to those who aspire to lead others toward a worthy, significant mission—either in an established organization or in an entrepreneurial endeavor. It is particularly well-suited to those interested in... View Details

Patrick Chalhoub

Keywords: Luxury, retail

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

electricity crises (among others) in its history. On top of that, given the pressing need to address the climate crisis, I sought a summer role with a firm focused on sustainable infrastructure investment. This internship allowed me to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Feb 2022
News

Finance and the Economic Recovery

Illustration by Michael Austin A pandemic that has caused public health and economic crises also has afforded business leaders the opportunity to better understand and lead through disruptions affecting countless lives, companies, and... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Alumni Bookshelf

organization. Stressing that such trust requires much more than personal credibility, they provide self-assessment exercises that show executives where they currently stand as trusted leaders and where they could stand. Downturns, mergers, and restructurings are just a... View Details

Sanjay Lalbhai

Keywords: Textiles

Runa Khan

Keywords: NGO; Development

Mar 2012
Article

The Incentive Bubble

alternative assets have dramatically altered the nature and level of incentives and rewards in our society, on both sides of the capital market. These changes have contributed significantly to the twin crises of modern American... View Details

15 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

general management at Harvard Business School. Publisher's site: http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/getbook.php?isbn=0073404977 Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises Authors:Mihir A. Desai,... View Details