Bank Distress - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

liquidating funds: at the beginning of the fire sale, they sell their holdings in the liquidated stocks, to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. The predatory trades generate at least 50 basis points over ten days and cause the liquidation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone Harvard Business School Case 706-057 The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements in emerging markets. While the relationship between firm... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jul 2010
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concerned about water reliability and the need for additional infrastructure to provide long-term water security to the region. If convinced that the water problem would be resolved, then Woolf should move quickly to purchase more land, which was currently available at... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

economic distress, or did it just bail out foreign investors and prepare the way for Wall Street to up buy Korean banks and firms? Had Korea's long move toward democracy helped or hindered government efforts to reform its economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jul 2021
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career in banking in 2018. “I am grateful to learn from the from practitioners, researchers, and educators who are consolidating best practices from countries throughout the world,” he says. “I am also mindful of the practical... View Details

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finances and operating challenges that confront companies in financial distress is to deepen student understanding of corporate debt financing, including the rights of secured creditors, subordination agreements, and debt covenants. By... View Details

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