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- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
increase the cost of capital, reduce the availability of external finance, and lower firm-level investment. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Finance - Faculty & Research
in MBS duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
White people who host rental properties on Airbnb earn significantly more per year than Black hosts, but a “race blind” pricing algorithm could help close that income gap, new research shows. Black hosts who rely on Airbnb’s algorithm to set enticing prices instead... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
timing of the national college entrance exam and introduced early admissions, and we propose a game-theoretic model that matches those facts. When applications reveal information about students that is of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Case | Faculty Research This case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market to organizations seeking to... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
find that U.S. listed foreign companies experience securities class action lawsuits at about half the rate as do U.S. firms with similar levels of ex ante litigation risk. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
M. Viceira Abstract—Our new model of consumption-based habit formation preferences generates loglinear, homoscedastic macroeconomic dynamics and time-varying risk premia on bonds and stocks. Consumers' first-order condition for the real... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
corporate tax regime on this relation. We document that the growth of corporate profits, on average, has outpaced the growth of the economy, and this disconnect increases as the difference between the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
oil and gas companies; and no lower risk-adjusted shareholder returns than non-alliance members. We find that participation in multiple alliances ("booster effects") is correlated with adoption of practices,... View Details
- 21 May 2015
- Blog Post
3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA
similarities, there are a number of important differences that are worth considering. Many people base their decision about which loan to get based on interest rates and... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
over small changes in their collective interest levels to implement a regression discontinuity approach. We confirm the positive effects for venture operations, with qualitative support for a higher likelihood View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
well-being of our customers and the people we serve first”—and requires senior teams at every level to foster repeated honest conversations with lower levels about whether their unit is practicing that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 24 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)
payments are now about $224 per month. The interest rate is so low, around 2.25%. Some people pay the loans quickly, but I know many who pay them off more slowly given the low View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
birth rates declined, children had less time to play and not much interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. "These changes did not play well to our strengths," observed current CEO... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
A politics that respects inheritance — but that respects merit even more. Which is why we oppose cutting the estate tax rate to zero (though favor a sensible inflation-adjusted, multimillion dollar... View Details
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
neuroscience tools to shed light on how our brains make purchasing decisions. "We were interested in whether considering the price first changed how people thought about the decision process, and whether it changed the way the brain... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
flow of small business credit fell, interest rates rose, fewer businesses expanded, unemployment rose, and wages fell from 2006 to 2010. While the flow View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
fund or directly into ventures and possibly earning a good return on investment in the process; to helping address system-wide issues such as the better organization and funding of clinical trials. As she prepares to present her findings... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman