J. Gunnar Trumbull
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Gunnar Trumbull is an associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School.
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A Brief Postwar History of US Consumer Finance
| Authors: | Andrea Ryan, Gunnar Trumbull, and Peter Tufano |
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| Published: | January 27, 2011 |
| Paper Release Date: | December 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
The growth of the consumer finance sector after World War II provided a bevy of new financial options for Americans. These options led to a "do-it-yourself" approach to consumer finance, and an increase in household risk taking. In this paper, Harvard Business School professors Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano, along with former HBS research associate Andrea Ryan, discuss the major themes that dominated the expansive postwar sector, including some of the factors that set the stage for the recent subprime mortgage crisis.
Published in 2010
Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America
| Author: | Gunnar Trumbull |
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| Published: | December 14, 2010 |
| Paper Release Date: | November 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
Why have American households consistently borrowed so heavily? And why have their counterparts in France borrowed so little? This comparative historical analysis by HBS professor Gunnar Trumbull traces the roots of these different attitudes. In the United States, early welfare reformers embraced credit "on a business-like basis" as an alternative to expansive welfare states of the sort that were emerging in Europe. In France, early social planners saw consumer credit as a drain on savings that threatened to crowd out industrial investment. Regulatory regimes that emerged in the postwar period in the two countries reflected these different interpretations of the economic and social role of credit in society.
Developing Asia's Largest Slum
| Published: | March 15, 2010 |
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| Feature: | HBS Cases |
In a recent case study, HBS assistant professor Lakshmi Iyer and lecturer John Macomber examine ongoing efforts to forge a public-private mixed development in Dharavi—featured in the film Slumdog Millionaire. But there is a reason this project has languished for years. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin.
Published in 2006
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
| Q&A with: | J. Gunnar Trumbull |
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| Published: | August 7, 2006 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
In many world nations, consumers enjoy vast protections that are relatively new on the scene. Why the rapid rise in consumer protectionism? Why do these efforts vary from country to country? A discussion with professor Gunnar Trumbull on his new book, Consumer Capitalism.
