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  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

decomposes excess return predictability in U.S. and U.K. inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds. We find that nominal bonds reflect time-varying inflation and real rate risk premia, while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mbaker/cv/papers/bcfsurvey2v20.pdf Comovement and Predictability Relationships Between Bonds and the Cross-Section of Stocks Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication:Review of Asset Pricing Studies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 25 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

Back then, Argentina tried to fend off creditors by adopting a hard-line attitude about reducing its debt obligations. When it initiated a bond exchange offer in 2005 and told its creditors to "take it or leave it," the republic... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

http://www.amazon.com/Land-Bargains-Chinese-Capitalism-Politics/dp/1107539870/ May 2015 Journal of Economic Perspectives Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

among some financial organizations. The US government has an Office of Compliance, an “independent, non-partisan” agency.] The purpose would be to facilitate knowledge of what is going on in the organization. It might be argued that this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

thereby contributes to the theory of positive optimal taxation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54934 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a scarcity of government... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 21 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

investors lose. The idea has garnered much discussion in the United States since President Obama proposed spending up to $100 million on social impact bond pilot programs when announcing the 2012 budget in February. While the idea of a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

explicitly considering counterfactual histories had the innovations never been invented or adopted. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16780 An Empirical Decomposition of Risk and Liquidity in Nominal and Inflation-Indexed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

and face the dire condition of the US government's finances. In fact, it's time to press snooze. First, the fiscal stress on the United States is not imminent. Borrowing costs for the government are at historic lows. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

on bond risks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2332106 Opting Out of Good Governance By: Foley, C. Fritz, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein, and Eric Zwick Abstract—Cross-listing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11

increase in the cross-country correlations of stock and government bond returns since the late 1990s. We show that for global equities this increase has been driven primarily by increased cross-country... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

deleveraging that made them sell European sovereign debt. But the ECB's most powerful weapon - intervening in the bond market - is still locked away. Draghi needs to create consensus among the German "hawks" who worry about the... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

bonds are relatively highly taxed, and shifting high-tax assets into the pension plan maximizes the value of the tax subsidy from the government and increases the value of the firm. In principle, the impact... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

new debt, we interpret firm's switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at times characterized by tight lending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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