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2023
Working Paper

The Credit Supply Channel of Monetary Policy Tightening and Its Distributional Impacts

By: Joshua Bosshardt, Marco Di Maggio, Ali Kakhbod and Amir Kermani

This paper studies how tightening monetary policy transmits to the economy through the mortgage market and sheds new light on the distributional consequences at both the individual and regional levels. We find that credit supply factors, specifically restrictions on... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Mortgages; Macroeconomics

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice Authors:Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, and Samuel Hanson Abstract We argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2017
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Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships

father had to take on loans, and it was his dream to have his own children attend college without the burden of debt or having to work during school,” said Jeannie, noting that her father became an investment banker partly in order to... View Details

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

opportunities through the Leadership Fellows Program . She was familiar with Acumen through her work at M-KOPA (in which the firm was an early investor), and recognized that the program “would allow me to enter the social space at a sustainable salary level – an... View Details

29 Jul 2013
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Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

greater impact through entrepreneurship. Bill Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance course helped me gain the self-awareness that maybe this was more of a personality fit than I thought." Cuffe owes another debt of gratitude to the School, as... View Details

Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit

points to a conviction that debt leads inexorably to immorality. The aristocrat bedeviled by dunning creditors is another popular theme, suggesting the moneylender's power to upset the established social order. Later prints take a more... View Details

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Forward Fellowship | MBA

award is intended to reduce their MBA loan debt and to help them make an investment in themselves. Forward Fellowship awards and evaluation criteria The Forward Fellowship award is $30,000 ($15,000 each year). Unlike regular need-based... View Details

30 May 2018
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HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach

how she would pay for it and how much debt she would incur. Receiving a generous fellowship provided by Blanca G. Reza and Reynaldo Reza (MBA 1995) eased her concerns and enabled her to attend the School, where she is furthering her... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

is that it is explicitly about race, and the magnitude of the social debt is very large in dollar terms.” In the latest of his several books, Lift the Hood, due out this year, America addresses the problems of unjust enrichment and of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

May 1986 (Revised February 1991)
Case

Wilson Lumber Co.

By: Thomas R. Piper

The Wilson Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Forecasting and Prediction; Sales; Financial Strategy

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21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

Mike-Arthur T. Demoulas branch bought out their cousins with the help of outside investors. The company also took on significant new debt to fund the buyout. Why Aren't There More Buyouts? The Market Basket buyout should have happened 20... View Details

Keywords: Retail

February 1982 (Revised June 1990)
Case

Massey-Ferguson Ltd.—1980

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason

Massey Ferguson began fiscal year 1981 in default on $2.5 billion of outstanding debt. The company's future depends on the ability of lenders, the governments of Canada and Ontario, and management, to agree on a refinancing plan. The case reviews Massey's performance... View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Canada

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01 Dec 2011
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A Modest Tax Proposal

"How about 'No new taxes after these new taxes'?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com As Congress starts the next round of debt ceiling negotiations, the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

April 1993
Teaching Note

Grupo Industrial Alfa, S.A.,1982 (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Teaching Note for (9-292-008). View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Borrowing and Debt; Restructuring; Rights; Business Strategy; Negotiation; System; Business Conglomerates; Currency Exchange Rate; Energy Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Mexico

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2012
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Banking on Consumer Credit: Explaining Patterns of Household Borrowing in the United States and France

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Keywords: Credit; Commercial Banking; Personal Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financing and Loans; Consumer Behavior; Banking Industry; United States; France

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20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

spring 2006
Article

All's Fair in Love, War, & Bankruptcy: Corporate Governance Implications of CEO Turnover in Financial Distress

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

Prior discussions of management turnover during financial distress have examined bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms as distinct groupings with little overlap. Separately investigating rates of turnover in-bankruptcy and out-of-bankruptcy, without a direct comparison... View Details

Keywords: CEO Turnover; Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Shadow Of Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Financing and Loans; Corporate Governance; Finance; Theory; Markets; United States

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March 1998 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Band of Angels, The

"The Band of Angels" is a well-organized but independent group of wealthy entrepreneurs. This case details the principles and processes used by the band and offers two perspectives from entrepreneurs who have been financed. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Perspective

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