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November 06, 2009

Climbing out of the Aid Trap

Glenn Hubbard discusses how an old plan can become a new solution to help the world’s poorest nations lift themselves out of poverty — by putting business first.

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October 06, 2009

How Not to Think Like a Media Mogul

In a new book coauthored with Jonathan Knee and Ava Seave, Bruce Greenwald explains why performance suffers at so many big media conglomerates, and which media firms will succeed in a changed media landscape.

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August 31, 2009

Liar's Loans

How misaligned incentives between brokers, banks and borrowers encouraged widespread falsification on mortgage applications.

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July 28, 2009

Putting the Brakes on Collateral Liquidations

How can creditors protect themselves when a financial institution defaults?

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June 25, 2009

Accounting for Inflation Ambiguity

New research reveals that bond investors extract a premium not only for risk but also for uncertainty.

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May 28, 2009

A Shortcut to Earnings

Investors can look to a firm's effective tax rate to yield clues to future earnings.

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May 28, 2009

Are Macro Changes in Store for Microlending?

New financial tools and technologies are poised to change the way microfinance is practiced, says Suresh Sundaresan.

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April 17, 2009

More Models, Fewer Models or Better Models?

How banks can profit from financial models without getting trapped in them.

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March 09, 2009

Slow Running

How mutual funds can limit damage when a run appears imminent.

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