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- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
The Federal Budget and the States: Fiscal Year 1997
By: Dutch Leonard and Jay H. Walder
- June 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Economic Reform in the Czech Republic: Velvet Revolution or Velvet Blanket?
By: Bruce R. Scott and Thomas S. Mondschean
Describes the economic reforms from 1990 to 1998, their success, the subsequent 1997 crisis, and the fall of the Klaus government. View Details
Keywords: History; Sovereign Finance; Development Economics; Privatization; Policy; Government and Politics; Economics; Czech Republic
Scott, Bruce R., and Thomas S. Mondschean. "Economic Reform in the Czech Republic: Velvet Revolution or Velvet Blanket?" Harvard Business School Case 700-100, June 2000. (Revised June 2000.)
- July 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Lisa Lewis
Considers the situation facing Alberto Fujimori as he takes office in 1990. Pays particular attention to Peru's long history of international borrowing, default, and renegotiation. This history suggests that the costs imposed by foreigners on Peru when it failed to... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Lisa Lewis. "Fresh Start? Peru's Legacy of Debt and Default (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-001, July 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 1988
- Chapter
Evaluation of Government Financial Incentives to Large Scale Energy Projects: A Contingent Claims Approach
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
American tradition of a well-regulated society with the legacy of Gilded Age laissez-faire capitalism produced the modern American regulatory state. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48304 forthcoming Review of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=799015 PublicationsOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Publication:Journal of International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
to lead the way, forcing other countries to act with or without an agreement? And should countries that will benefit most from the entrepreneurial opportunity, as Bharath Krishnan and Ajay Kumar Gupta implied, help finance others? What do... View Details
- February 2016
- Case
Debt and Democracy: The New York Constitutional Convention of 1846
By: David Moss and Dean Grodzins
On September 23, 1846, delegates to New York State's constitutional convention prepared to vote on a proposal that its principal proponent, Michael Hoffman, conceded would be “a serious change in our form of government.” The proposal would place tight restrictions on... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone Harvard Business School Case 706-057 The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1983
- Other Unpublished Work
Federal and State Infrastructure Banking: Political and Institutional Issues
By: Dutch Leonard and Richard P. Nathan
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
money when those shocks occur. “They should be less concerned about that, because they can ride out those waves,” says Viceira. Thus, for investors looking beyond a 10- to 20-year time frame—including individuals saving for retirement, college endowments, foundations,... View Details
- 15 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
entertainment industry really works-and how to navigate today's high-stakes business world at large. Publisher's link: http://www.blockbusters-thebook.com/ 2006 Journal of Economic Perspectives The Investment Strategies of Sovereign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
research in finance and economics. We propose two tests to evaluate how well measures of financial constraints actually capture constraints. We find that firms typically classified as constrained do not in fact behave as if they were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
of the Private Capital Research Institute By: Lerner, Josh, and Leslie Jeng Abstract—Private markets are becoming an increasingly important way of financing rapidly growing and mature firms, and private investors are reputed to have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010 (Revised July 2012)
- Supplement
Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (C)
By: Aldo Musacchio, Andrew Christopher Goodman and Claire K. Qureshi
On November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek a six month "standstill" on at least $4 billion U.S. dollars of its $26 billion in debt obligations. This case describes Dubai's... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Investment; Emerging Markets; Trade; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Development Economics; Financial Crisis; State Ownership; Sovereign Finance; Business Strategy; Dubai
Musacchio, Aldo, Andrew Christopher Goodman, and Claire K. Qureshi. "Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-071, June 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
- October 1999 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium
Describes the development of the Japanese financial system, from extensive regulation and fund allocation through administrative guidance in the 1950s to the banking crisis and legal and structural reorganization in the 1990s. Special emphasis is on the processes of... View Details
Schaede, Ulrike. "Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-049, October 1999. (Revised May 2001.)
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace