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Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure and the Low Risk Anomaly

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Traditional capital structure theory predicts that reducing banks' leverage reduces the risk and cost of equity but does not change the weighted average cost of capital, and thus the rates for borrowers. We confirm that the equity of better-capitalized banks has lower... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Strategy - Doctoral

expected to master graduate-level microeconomic theory and econometrics. In addition, they are expected to devote substantial time to mastering one additional complementary discipline, such as psychology, sociology, or political science,... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

including operations research, operations management, economics, engineering, and organizational behavior. Doctoral students' research addresses managerially-relevant problems, integrating discipline-based theory with rigorous research... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

when they radically restructured their collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The new CBA instituted a uniform cap (as well as a floor) on team payrolls. It also set maximums and minimums for individual contracts and declared many more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports
  • 19 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

the peak of the market a significant fraction of institutional money was controlled by young managers, thanks in part to rising prices for tech stocks, the researchers say. We asked Greenwood to discuss the research and its implications... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
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Overview - Doctoral

Download Catalog (pdf) “ Doctoral students are vital members of our intellectual community. They challenge existing ideas, develop new theories and techniques, and serve broadly as catalysts for innovation. ” Dennis Yao Lawrence E.... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

educational institutions and nonprofits, based on our research parameters. Many of the largest grants went to the foundations or fundraising arms of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • March 2009
  • Journal Article

Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market

By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and M. Julia Prats
Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become self-employed as well as their probability to survive as entrepreneurs. Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Retention; Human Capital; Performance Effectiveness; Banking Industry
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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

response to the current financial crisis has created a new reality, in which virtually all systemically significant financial institutions now enjoy an implicit guarantee from the federal government that will continue to exist (and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

complete abandonment of the current system. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13213 Institutional Tax Clienteles and Payout Policy Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Li Jin Abstract This paper employs heterogeneity in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

By: P. Tufano, Nick Maynard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
This paper reports on a small-scale survey of the potential American demand for prize-linked savings accounts, an account that awards prizes as part of the saving product's return. In October 2006, Centra Credit Union launched a prize-linked savings pilot. As part of... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Income; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Return; Banks and Banking; Clarksville
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  • 18 Jul 2013
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Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics

Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau & Karim Lakhani
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

Minority Shareholder: Firm-level Implications of Equity Purchases by the State By: Inoue, Carlos F.K.V., Sergio G. Lazzarini, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract—In many countries, firms face institutional voids that raise the costs of doing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Rajiv Lal

    Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

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    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Working Paper Where Discovery Happens: Research Institutions and Fundamental Knowledge in the Life-Sciences By:... View Details
    • 16 Dec 2008
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    First Look: December 16, 2008

      Working PapersSilent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Jun 2010
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    First Look: June 8

    decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 26 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

    research with Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp and Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp of Turkey’s Bilkent University; L. A. Paul of Yale University; Joshua Tenenbaum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Tomer D. Ullman, an assistant professor in... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability

    By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
    This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Central Banking; Risk Management
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