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  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

diminishing the return on lending in foreign currency. We show that, in response to domestic monetary policy easing, global banks increase their foreign reserves in currency... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

casebook. The cases in these modules illustrate the range of issues that arise in multinational financial management—from managing foreign currency exposures to determining a subsidiary's capital structure... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 26 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

of all, I'll say that this isn't a crisis, but a significant correction. It's the result of a general reduction in confidence in the Indian economy and, in turn, has fed further angst. The fall of the rupee comes at a time of corrections to other emerging market View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

equity when local firms are most constrained. These results indicate another role for foreign direct investment in emerging markets—multinational affiliates expand economic activity during currency crises... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

spread, defined as the spread of local currency bonds over the synthetic local currency risk-free rate constructed using cross-currency swaps. We find that local currency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2008
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

from investment opportunities in developed countries. Nari Kannan suggests that it is a product of "thoughtless consumerism ... (the thirst for cheap Chinese goods) ... and dependence on foreign oil," particularly in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 10 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

has declined since the early 1980s, driving down term premia. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-088.pdf Global Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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  • 25 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

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

compared to consensual sovereign bond restructurings. A few holdout investors refused to concede and sued. These so-called "vulture" investors, hedge funds that bought the defaulted loans at deeply reduced prices and then sued... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

mid-August, the biggest currency adjustment in two decades. But continued trading volatility climaxed on Aug. 23 in what many have called China’s “Black Monday.” Shanghai stocks dropped by 8.5 percent overnight, their steepest single-day... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. Countries do not accumulate reserves to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

would continue hedging primarily with forward contracts, but in much higher volumes and at increasingly unfavorable rates, or to break with past practice and begin using foreign exchange option contracts.... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

forthcoming IMF Economic Review Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets in emerging countries increased dramatically.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

transit countries or all Chinese-owned firms. When weighing these options, we recommend policymakers leverage rich new sources of microdata, which can paint a different picture from aggregate statistics. “Businesses hoping to hedge... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Financial Crisis; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Exchange Rate; Inflation and Deflation; Demand and Consumers; Interest Rates; Capital; System; Central Banking; Chile
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  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

an additional tax rate of around 11% on the longest lived capital. To pin down credit constraints as the underlying cause, we apply triple differences strategies using foreign ownership or pre-crisis debt maturity. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

against foreign monopolies and cartels. In the article we examine how the Norwegian authorities interacted with international cartels and trusts in seven different cases in the interwar period. The study shows that although there was a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

that the rest of the countries in the EU are Britain’s largest market – countries to which it needs unimpeded access. Foreign firms and banks invest in Britain because it is a business-friendly platform for accessing that wider market.... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

  Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its authorized channels, for instance when goods designated for a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

and reversible way to reduce significantly the passive risk to the firm from this mismatch. I believe that the benefits of using credit derivative swaps will dwarf the costs of mistakes. Q: There has been a lot of scary news recently about View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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