Capital Expenditures - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

satellite telecommunications system, $900 million A2 Toll Road in Poland, $20 billion Sakhalin II gas field in Russia, and the $28 billion Dabhol power project. Globally, firms financed $240 billion of capital View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

Israeli start-ups raised record-breaking amounts of venture capital, and exits for the year totaled over $8 billion. On the other hand, government expenditure on R&D had decreased and Israel’s position in the Global Innovation Index... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

experiment: a 1990 law that imposed a SBs on all firms incorporated in Massachusetts. We find that the law led to an increase in Tobin's Q. Examining mechanisms for the change in firm value, we find that managers protected by a SB increased investment in View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

and Enel, the largest electric utilities in Germany and Italy, respectively. In March 2007, Acciona's executive chairman Jose Manuel Entrecanales is considering three strategic alternatives: tendering its shares-and realizing a capital... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

and the $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion in Mongolia (2014). Globally, firms financed a record $415 billion in capital expenditures using project finance in 2013, and the use of project-financed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2018
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two clear, easy-to-read pie charts—one dedicated to human capital and professional services, the other to programs, supplies, and vendor services. Nothing remarkable. But they demonstrated a level of rigor and detail that had been missing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model suggests regulations that limit the issuance of safe securities in good times. Read:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Caroline Elkins Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 ^ back to top C Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Capitalism and the State (CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism:... View Details

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