Debts - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1986
Background Note

15 Jan 2015
News

The Other Debt Bomb in Public-Employee Benefits

20 Jul 2021
News

Americans’ Medical Debts Are Bigger Than Was Known, Totaling $140 Billion

fall 2010
Article

Lawsuits and Empire: On the Enforcement of Sovereign Debt in Latin America

By: Faisal Z. Ahmed, Laura Alfaro and Noel Maurer

The re-occurring phenomenon of sovereign default has prompted an enormous theoretical and empirical literature. Most of this research has focused on why countries ever chose to pay their debts (or why private creditors ever expected repayment). The problem originates... View Details

Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Sovereign Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Debt Securities; Motivation and Incentives; Markets; Equity; Banking Industry; Latin America

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09 Dec 2011
News

Seeking a Solution: Dante Roscini on the European Debt Crisis

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Sovereign Debt Buybacks Can Lower Bargaining Costs

By: J. J. Rotemberg

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Negotiation; Cost; Borrowing and Debt

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13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

sector's tilt toward short-term financing was merely the industry responding to a lack of available government debt instruments, such as short-term risk-free Treasuries, that were much in demand by investors during the global savings... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

February 23, 2010
Article

The U.S. Public Debt Hits its Tipping Point

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; United States

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March 1981 (Revised February 1983)
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Managing the Debt Crises of Developing Countries

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25 Apr 2012
Conference Presentation

The European Sovereign Debt Crisis and Italy

By: Dante Roscini

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27 Jan 2015
News

A Data-Science Lender Takes on Student Debt

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

21 Mar 2016
News

Karmaloop founder can’t escape $5 million debt

October 1990
Article

Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default

By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L. H. P. Kang

This study investigates the incentives of financially distressed firms to restructure their debt privately rather than through formal bankruptcy. In a sample of 169 financially distressed companies, about half successfully restructure their debt outside of Chapter 11.... View Details

Keywords: Theory; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring

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September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Rockwood Equity: Choosing the Right Debt Package

By: Victoria Ivashina, Terrence Shu and Alys Ferragamo

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21 May 2019
News

Elimination Of Morehouse Class' Student Debt Will 'Undoubtedly' Change Graduates' Lives

April 2007 (Revised June 2007)
Case

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim

At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to relieve the world's poorest countries' debt burdens and double aid to Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; International Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Welfare; Africa

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