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- 2009
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Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises
By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Shawn Cole, Xavier Gine and James Vickery
Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall insurance product affects production decisions. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Production; Weather; Insurance; Emerging Markets; Agribusiness; Insurance Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; India
Cole, Shawn, Xavier Gine, and James Vickery. "How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-080, March 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
illustrates the choices faced by a prospective IPO firm that operates in a global setting. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212051-PDF-ENG SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis Shawn... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
to invest in social service provision. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212055-PDF-ENG China Life: Micro Insurance for the Poor Shawn Cole and Lilei XuHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
mainstream. In spite of a host of complicating factors, from a basic lack of defined terms to the difficulty of measuring returns, demand is only going up. In response, HBS finance professor Shawn Cole and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- June 2011
- Case
Fighting a Dangerous Financial Fire: The Federal Response to the Crisis of 2007-2009
By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
By the summer of 2009, many observers concluded that a catastrophic financial collapse- which seemed all but imminent the previous fall and winter - had been averted. Although the recession had still yet to be declared over and the economy's footing remained far from... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Policy; Knowledge Acquisition
Moss, David, and Cole Bolton. "Fighting a Dangerous Financial Fire: The Federal Response to the Crisis of 2007-2009." Harvard Business School Case 711-104, June 2011.
- May 2022
- Article
Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-Linked Savings Accounts
By: Shawn A. Cole, Benjamin Iverson and Peter Tufano
This paper studies the adoption and impact of prize-linked savings (PLS) accounts, which offer lottery-like payouts to individual account holders in lieu of interest. Using microlevel data from a bank in South Africa, we show that PLS is attractive to a broad group of... View Details
Keywords: Household Finance; Banking; Savings; Prize-linked Savings; Lottery; Household; Personal Finance; Saving; Banks and Banking
Cole, Shawn A., Benjamin Iverson, and Peter Tufano. "Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-Linked Savings Accounts." Management Science 68, no. 5 (May 2022): 3282–3308.
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Working PapersNone this week PublicationsFinancial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Author:Shawn Cole Periodical:Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract In 1980, India... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2024
- Working Paper
Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
By: Shawn Cole, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders and Tristan Reed
We provide the first evidence on the long-run returns to private equity in emerging and frontier markets using the cash flows from every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation across 130 countries over 58 years. Risk-adjusted returns are... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Return
Cole, Shawn, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders, and Tristan Reed. "Long-Run Returns to Private Equity in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-138, June 2021. (Revised September 2024. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27870, September 2024)
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to persuasive appeals offered View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and managers are making... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 2021
- Working Paper
Studying the U.S.-Based Portfolio Companies of U.S. Impact Investors
By: M. Diane Burton, Gurveen Chadha, Shawn A. Cole, Abhishek Dev, Christina Jarymowycz, Leslie Jeng, Laura Kelley, Josh Lerner, Jaime R. Diaz Palacios, Yue (Cynthia) Xu and T. Robert Zochowski
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the reliance on market-based solutions to social and environmental problems around the world (Barman 2016; Horvath and Powell 2020). The growth of impact investing is a vivid example of this trend and, although there have... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Portfolio Companies; Investment; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Investment Portfolio; Business Ventures; Analytics and Data Science; Performance; United States
Burton, M. Diane, Gurveen Chadha, Shawn A. Cole, Abhishek Dev, Christina Jarymowycz, Leslie Jeng, Laura Kelley, Josh Lerner, Jaime R. Diaz Palacios, Yue (Cynthia) Xu, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Studying the U.S.-Based Portfolio Companies of U.S. Impact Investors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-130, June 2021.
- September 2023
- Supplement
Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier Simulation Dataset for Students
By: Shawn Cole
- 23 Dec 2020
- News
Why the Growth of Impact Investing Depends on Data
- October 2021
- Article
Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning
By: Shawn A. Cole, Martin Abel and Bilal Zia
This paper tests experiential learning as a debiasing tool to reduce gambling in South Africa, through a randomized field experiment. The study implements a simple, interactive game that simulates the odds of winning the national lottery through dice rolling.... View Details
Keywords: Debiasing; Experiential Learning; Behavioral Economics; Financial Education; Learning; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Behavior; Decision Making
Cole, Shawn A., Martin Abel, and Bilal Zia. "Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning." World Bank Economic Review 35, no. 3 (October 2021): 745–763.
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
impact ventures. Sustainable Investing: What Does the Research Say? Professor Shawn Cole No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Asset owners, investors, and advocates are increasingly... View Details
- March 2025
- Article
Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes
By: Xiaoyan Jiang, Shawn Kim and Shirley Lu
Firms are increasingly announcing targets to reduce their carbon emissions, but it is unclear whether firms are held accountable for these targets. Here we examine emissions targets that ended in 2020 to investigate the final target outcomes, the transparency of target... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Environmental Sustainability; Public Opinion
Jiang, Xiaoyan, Shawn Kim, and Shirley Lu. "Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes." Nature Climate Change 15, no. 3 (March 2025): 279–286.
- January 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018
By: Emil Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Shawn O'Brien
In early 2018, Blackstone announced that John McCormick would succeed Tom Hill as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), the largest fund-of-hedge funds in the world by a sizeable margin. As new CEO, McCormick must... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Expansion; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry
Siriwardane, Emil, Luis M. Viceira, and Shawn O'Brien. "Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 219-063, January 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- September 2023
- Supplement
Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier Simulation: Guidelines and Suggestions
By: Shawn Cole
Cole, Shawn. "Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier Simulation: Guidelines and Suggestions." Harvard Business School Supplement 224-034, September 2023.