• February 2016
• Supplement

Alibaba Goes Public (B)

By: Krishna Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C. Y. Wang and David Lane

Update on Alibaba Group's share price performance and related events in the year following its September 2014 IPO. View Details

Keywords: Dual-class Share Structure; Alibaba; IPOs; VIE; Initial Public Offering; Corporate Governance; Performance; Stock Shares; United States

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Palepu, Krishna, Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C. Y. Wang, and David Lane. "Alibaba Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-031, February 2016.

• October 2013 (Revised May 2014)
• Supplement

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty

A proxy battle between a Canadian firm and a US hedge fund over a proposal to unify the firm's dual class share structure. View Details

Keywords: Stock Shares; Capital Structure; Investment Funds; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; United States

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White, Lucy, and Benjamin C. Esty. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Spreadsheet Supplement." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 214-704, October 2013. (Revised May 2014.)

• September – October 2007
• Article

Trading Patterns and Excess Comovement of Stock Returns

By: Robin Greenwood and Nathan Sosner

n April 2000, 30 stocks were replaced in the Nikkei 225 Index. The unusually broad index redefinition allowed for a study of the effects of index-linked trading on the excess comovement of stock returns. A large increase occurred in the correlation of trading volume of... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Investment Return; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods

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Greenwood, Robin, and Nathan Sosner. "Trading Patterns and Excess Comovement of Stock Returns." Financial Analysts Journal 63, no. 5 (September–October 2007): 69–81.

• September 2007
• Supplement

Wells Fargo Convertible Bonds (CW)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Elizabeth Kind

Keywords: Bonds; Financial Services Industry

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Baker, Malcolm P., and Elizabeth Kind. "Wells Fargo Convertible Bonds (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 208-704, September 2007.

• July 2006
• Supplement

Citigroup: Euro Zone Bond Trading (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Christopher Bruner and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Bonds; Financial Services Industry; Europe

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Paine, Lynn S., Christopher Bruner, and Aldo Sesia. "Citigroup: Euro Zone Bond Trading (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 307-006, July 2006.

• 2002
• Other Unpublished Work

The Maturity of Debt Issues and Predictable Variation in Bond Returns

By: Malcolm Baker, Robin Greenwood and Jeffrey Wurgler

The maturity of new debt issues predicts excess bond returns. When the share of long term debt issues in total debt issues is high, future excess bond returns are low. This predictive power comes in two parts. First, inflation, the real short-term rate, and the term... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Investment Return; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction

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Baker, Malcolm, Robin Greenwood, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Maturity of Debt Issues and Predictable Variation in Bond Returns." 2002. (First draft in 2001.)

• June 2024
• Article

Counterparty Risk and Counterparty Choice in the Credit Default Swap Market

By: Wenxin Du, Salil Gadgil, Michael Gordy and Clara Vega

We investigate how market participants price and manage counterparty credit risk using confidential trade repository data on single-name credit default swap (CDS) transactions. We find that counterparty risk has a modest impact on the pricing of CDS contracts but a... View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Market Participation; Risk and Uncertainty; Price; Financial Markets; Credit

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Du, Wenxin, Salil Gadgil, Michael Gordy, and Clara Vega. "Counterparty Risk and Counterparty Choice in the Credit Default Swap Market." Management Science 70, no. 6 (June 2024): 3808–3826.

• June 2019
• Article

Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk

In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets in emerging countries increased dramatically. We revisit sovereign debt sustainability under the assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Debt; Local-currency Bonds; Foreign Reserves; Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Financial Markets; Developing Countries and Economies

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Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation." IMF Economic Review 67, no. 2 (June 2019): 261–287. (Also NBER Working Paper No. 19098.)

• August 2008 (Revised June 2012)
• Case

Martingale Asset Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy

By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung

In early July of 2008, William (Bill) Jacques, Chief Investment Officer at Martingale Asset Management, a quantitative value-oriented investment manager in Boston, Massachusetts, was busy preparing for an upcoming meeting with the group that made new product decisions... View Details

Keywords: Volatility; Asset Management; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Product Development

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Viceira, Luis M., and Helen Tung. "Martingale Asset Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 209-047, August 2008. (Revised June 2012.)

• 2011
• Working Paper

Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time-series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Banks and Banking; Bonds; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry

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Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-107, June 2010. (Revised August 2011.)

• November 2011 (Revised September 2012)
• Case

Underwater Engineer at Intel Corporation

By: E. Scott Mayfield

Molly Miller, an Intel employee and shareholder, must decide whether to vote FOR or AGAINST Intel's proposed 2009 option exchange program. Given recent declines in Intel's stock price, more than 99% of Intel's outstanding employee stock options are "underwater," and... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Semiconductor Industry

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Mayfield, E. Scott. "Underwater Engineer at Intel Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 212-047, November 2011. (Revised September 2012.)

• November 2007 (Revised June 2016)
• Case

British Land

By: Lucy White

British Land's shares traded below NAV. Laxey investments tried to force British Land into share buybacks and criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. View Details

Keywords: Stock Shares; Valuation; Property; Investment; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry; London

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White, Lucy. "British Land." Harvard Business School Case 208-064, November 2007. (Revised June 2016.)

• January 2010 (Revised October 2011)
• Case

The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the government in connection with the TARP investments of 2008, in order to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. Students... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Pricing; Financial Instruments; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; Valuation; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-035, January 2010. (Revised October 2011.)