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- February 2023
- Article
OTC Intermediaries
By: Andrea L. Eisfeldt, Bernard Herskovic, Sriram Rajan and Emil Siriwardane
We study the effect of dealer exit on prices and quantities in a model of an over-the-counter (OTC) market featuring a core-periphery network with bilateral trading costs. The model is calibrated using regulatory data on the entire U.S. credit default swap (CDS) market... View Details
Keywords: OTC Markets; Intermediaries; Dealers; Credit Default Swaps; Risk Sharing; Financial Markets; Networks; Price; Risk and Uncertainty
Eisfeldt, Andrea L., Bernard Herskovic, Sriram Rajan, and Emil Siriwardane. "OTC Intermediaries." Review of Financial Studies 36, no. 2 (February 2023): 615–677.
- April 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Turnaround at Mattel, 2017
By: Ted Berk
Just nine months into her new role as chief executive of Mattel, the world's leading toy maker, Margo Georgiadis faces a set of unexpected, inter-related decisions in the fall of 2017. Mattel's performance had been lagging for a number of years, and Georgiadis had been... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Takeover; Leading Change; Financial Condition; Decision Making; Transformation
Berk, Ted. "Turnaround at Mattel, 2017." Harvard Business School Case 219-102, April 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- January 2017
- Case
Nashua River Capital Management
By: Samuel Hanson and Aldo Sesia
Investment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy.... View Details
Hanson, Samuel, and Aldo Sesia. "Nashua River Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 217-045, January 2017.
- Article
Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints
By: Luis Garicano and Claudia Steinwender
We introduce a novel empirical strategy to measure the size of credit shocks. Theoretically, we show that credit shocks reduce the value of long-term relative to short-term investments. Empirically, we can therefore compare the reduction of long-term relative to... View Details
Keywords: Credit Constraints; Credit Crunch; Spain; Investment Behavior; Credit Squeeze; Financial Crisis; Economic Growth; Investment; Credit; Manufacturing Industry; Spain; European Union
Garicano, Luis, and Claudia Steinwender. "Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints." Review of Economics and Statistics 98, no. 5 (December 2016): 913–924.
- Article
Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure and the Low Risk Anomaly
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Traditional capital structure theory predicts that reducing banks' leverage reduces the risk and cost of equity but does not change the weighted average cost of capital, and thus the rates for borrowers. We confirm that the equity of better-capitalized banks has lower... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure and the Low Risk Anomaly." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 105, no. 5 (May 2015): 315–320.
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper studies the persistence and some of the consequences of the eventual abandonment by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the principles embedded in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth Annual Report of 1923. The three principles I focus on are 1) the... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20507, September 2014.
- Fall 2013
- Article
Shifts in U.S. Federal Reserve Goals and Tactics for Monetary Policy: A Role for Penitence?
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper considers some of the large changes in the Federal Reserve's approach to monetary policy. It shows that, in some important cases, critics who were successful in arguing that past Fed approaches were responsible for mistakes that caused harm succeeded in... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Shifts in U.S. Federal Reserve Goals and Tactics for Monetary Policy: A Role for Penitence?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 27, no. 4 (Fall 2013): 65–86.
- October 2012 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium
Hanson, Samuel, Erik Stafford, and Luis Viceira. "Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium." Harvard Business School Case 213-051, October 2012. (Revised June 2015.)
- January 2012 (Revised June 2015)
- Background Note
Inventory-Based Lending Industry Note
By: C. Fritz Foley, Ananth Raman and Nathan C. Craig
Inventory-based lending is a form of asset-based lending used by retailers and wholesalers. This note describes the development and the current state of the inventory-based lending industry. View Details
Foley, C. Fritz, Ananth Raman, and Nathan C. Craig. "Inventory-Based Lending Industry Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 612-057, January 2012. (Revised June 2015.)
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc. (TN)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and George Serafeim
Teaching Note for 111039. View Details
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (E)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-046, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-044, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- May 2007
- Teaching Note
Shinsei Bank: Developing an Integrated Firm (TN)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
- November 2005 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
Motion Computing, Inc. -- 2004
By: William A. Sahlman and Caroline Perkins
Scott Eckert, the co-founder and CEO of Motion Computing, must decide whether to raise additional capital to support growth. Motion manufactures and distributes Tablet PCs. If the company opts to raise money, it must decide on the source and terms of the financing. View Details
- March 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Buckingham Park
By: Arthur I Segel and Joshua A. Katzin
In September, 2004, Stephen Lebowitz, President of CBL, a $6 billion publicly traded shopping mall real estate investment trust (REIT) with over 70 million square feet, is considering acquiring 170 acres for a new retail development at a racetrack site in Southern New... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Debt Securities; Investment; Real Estate Industry; New Hampshire
Segel, Arthur I., and Joshua A. Katzin. "Buckingham Park." Harvard Business School Case 205-085, March 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- September 2008
- Article
Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock
Jin, Li, and S.P. Kothari. "Effect of Personal Taxes on Managers' Decisions to Sell Their Stock." Journal of Accounting & Economics 46, no. 1 (September 2008).
- February 2003
- Supplement
Steel Cash
By: William E. Fruhan Jr. and Katherine A. Codega
Spreadsheet to (9-203-042). Test the impact of changes in wage rates on the value of debt and equity securities. Download only. View Details
- February 1997 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Mexico (D): Stabilization and Retrenchment
By: Huw Pill
Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the Mexican Peso crisis of 1994 and the banking, financial, and macroeconomic crisis that followed it. View Details
Pill, Huw. "Mexico (D): Stabilization and Retrenchment." Harvard Business School Case 797-051, February 1997. (Revised August 1997.)
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Extending the Influence of Real Options: Problems and Opportunities
By: Timothy A. Luehrman