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  • June 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Background Note

An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance--2009 Update

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2005 to 2009. Examples of project-financed investments include the $1.4 billion Mozal aluminum... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Investment; Projects; Trends
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  • June 2011
  • Article

Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and thereby reduced the cost to U.S. multinationals of accessing a source of internal capital. Lawmakers and lobbyists... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Effectiveness; Code Law; Taxation; Cost; Capital; Financial Strategy; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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  • February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
  • Case

From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran
In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “start-up nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Israel
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  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

State-Owned Development Banks Do? Evidence from BNDES, 2002-09 By: Lazzarini, Sergio G., Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello, and Rosilene Marcon Abstract—Defenders of state-owned development banks emphasize their role in reducing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Curriculum - Case Method Project

Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 This case explores how the federal government, under President Theodore Roosevelt, sought to adjudicate between the interests of capital and labor during the Second Industrial... View Details
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

firms lever up, the overall cost of capital falls as leverage increases equity beta, but as debt becomes riskier the marginal benefit of increasing equity beta declines. They find that leverage is inversely related to asset beta,... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

negative. It remains so once we add an extensive set of further industry- and firm-level controls. Rising import exposure also reduces global employment, global sales, and global R&D expenditure at the firm level. It would appear that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

allocation decisions when they preside over multi-divisional firms. I find that, after CEO turnover, divisions not previously affiliated with the new CEO receive significantly more capital expenditures than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

Economics in 1997, to John Lintner who co-created the Capital Asset Pricing Model and made significant contributions to dividend policy , and Gordon Donaldson whose work helped shape the field of corporate finance . We strive to... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

sufficient capital the opportunity to open a bank and issue bank notes (a widely accepted form of paper money at the time). The bill also required that every note issued by a New York bank be fully backed by bonds or mortgages. If... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Nov 2022
  • In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

increasing the asset base through capital expenditures. But those capital expenditures reduce free cash flows dollar-for-dollar—and are conveniently ignored by people anxious... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

  Working PapersInvestable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Authors:Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal Abstract The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) represents a novel tax expenditure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

entire fleet to electric (10k+ busses)c. Over a period of 10 years, they will save approximately 6,000 million liters of fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 6.5 million [metric] tons Takeaways: Operational Model Shift: BEST's shift from a View Details
  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

What is the key to their success? A: In our working paper, we state that more than 50 percent of today's capital budgeting expenditures involve computing in one form or another. As a result of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

information not addressed to anyone specific. As the saying goes, ‘The only thing free is the cheese in the mouse trap.’” Government was cited as both an antidote to surveillance capitalism and a threat because of its possible deployment... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products
  • 12 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

ranges from $7K to $33K (influenced by size of home, subsidies available, etc.). In comparison, the average TCO for natural gas, propane and oil-based furnaces are significantly higher at $26K, $47K and $55K respectively. While the upfront View Details
  • Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

intermediaries. They show that at least two types of segmentation drive arbitrage dynamics: funding and balance sheets. Their results suggest specialization on both the asset and liability sides of intermediary balance sheets is important for understanding their role... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier and more satisfied employees at an Australian bank. In Experiment 2, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne