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  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

  PublicationsDid Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The credit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

http://hbr.org/search/213003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 312-127 Credit Rating Agency Reform in the U.S. and EU The purpose of this note is to explore reform options for the View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 10 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

Danish labor market across time (the data tracks when a person enters a company and when he or she moves between periods of employment and self-employment), Nanda and Sørensen found that rates of entrepreneurship are higher in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

the fact that a large portion of new businesses is created in the informal sector. The authors identify the main obstacle to this area as the country's insufficient access to credit for small entrepreneurs. The chapter is devoted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

bet on industry’s ability to close the human development gap through investment tax credits. As he put it, “What if companies were given a tax credit for each non-executive level full-time employee based in the United States? Citing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
  • 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

log variance of income per worker. This figure should be compared to the 42% success rate of the usual model. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14060 Bounded Decision Making: From Description to Improvement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

control-ownership divergence and syndicate structure is mitigated by the lead arranger's reputation and lending relationship with the borrowing firm as well as by strong shareholder rights and good credit information sharing systems.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

called the "Charm Bar." Give Microsoft credit for innovation. But will corporate customers rush to embrace the change, or will they resist it at first? Signs point to resistance, according to Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products
  • 20 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

M&A research examined topics such as how structured credit impacted the buyout boom and bidding strategies of private equity firms, little focus had been placed on the competition between acquiring companies themselves. In earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

lays policies that have been proposed to deal with either the consequences or the causes of the crisis. These include policies for reforming the supervision of the financial system, changing bankruptcy rules and regulating mortgage finance. Some attention is paid to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

address this issue through the SHOP [Small Business Health Options Program] exchanges, but “Trumpcare” could go further in ensuring affordable rates for small businesses. Small businesses should advocate for President Trump to treat them... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

Convexity By: Hanson, Samuel Gregory Abstract—Most home mortgages in the U.S. are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) falls due to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

  Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

counterparts. In most countries, firms have become less diversified over time. However, there is no such trend in China. The level of diversification of Chinese enterprises does not vary over our study period (2001-2005), making Chinese firms the most diversified in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

for ET in 1998 coincided with a dramatic decrease in the HOM rate in subsequent years and an associated cumulative cost savings of more than $6B. Further reductions in HOM gestations could save up to an additional $2B annually.... View Details

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