The Mexican Dream: Affordable Housing in Mexico
Runner-up, Study Tour Paper Competition: Visits to affordable-housing development projects during the REA/Chazen Study Tour to Mexico reveal potential solutions to achieving the "Mexican Dream" of home ownership.
Canadian Income Trusts Face Taxing Challenge
As the days get longer and the annual tax-filing deadline approaches, Benjamin Franklin's famous quip about the certainty of death and taxes should serve as an important reminder to investors who have flocked to Canadian income trusts.
Carbon Finance Panel
Columbia Business School’s Social Enterprise Club, Energy Club and Bernstein Student Leadership and Ethics Board held a panel discussion to address compelling questions about carbon finance. The panel featured two executives who discussed the opportunities and challenges in the carbon finance industry.
Recent Carlyle Group Activity in Mexico: Is the Private Equity Market in Mexico on the Rise?
The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, recently entered the Mexican market in an ambitious push to capitalize on what is perceived to be an overall increase in private equity opportunities in Mexico.
Tax Motivated German Financing of the U.S. Film Industry
An analysis of the tax benefits, financing structures, German requirements and U.S. issues associated with this film financing technique demonstrates why international tax factors have become so important to the U.S. film industry.
Hedge Funds and Taxes: Tax Planning Strategies for U.S. Investors in Domestic and Offshore Hedge Funds
This paper examines the taxation of U.S. investors in domestic and offshore hedge funds and reviews some tax-planning techniques that were inspired by the current high state of taxation.
Sovereign Debt Restructuring Proposals and Their Effects on Emerging Markets Debt Investment
This paper examines current proposals for sovereign debt restructuring issuing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United States Treasury Department, and the private sector.
Japan and the Asian Currency
Eisuke Sakakibara, Japan's former vice minister of finance for international affairs, discusses important trends in post-bubble Japan and the U.S. economic downturn, comparing the world's two largest economies.
NTT DoCoMo, USA: Can It Bring the Wireless Internet to America?
In this paper, the authors address NTT DoCoMo's business venture and how it brought its advanced wireless internet products to the U.S. telecommunications market.