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    • 26 Jun 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Weak Credit Covenants

    by Victoria Ivashina and Boris Vallée

    Prior to the 2020 pandemic, the leveraged loan market experienced an unprecedented boom, which came hand in hand with significant changes in contracting terms. This study presents large-sample evidence of what constitutes contractual weakness from the creditors’ perspective.

    • 23 Apr 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

    by Rachel Layne

    Following the 2008 financial crisis, France offered a business loan program that helped firms, employees, and even the government, says Boris Vallee. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 28 Mar 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

    by Dina Gerdeman

    A study by Boris Vallee and Yao Zeng says savvy investors on peer-to-peer lending platforms are upsetting a delicate balance that makes those systems work for borrowers. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 15 Feb 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Can Financial Innovation Solve Household Reluctance to Take Risk?

    by Laurent Calvet, Claire Celerier, Paolo Sodini, and Boris Vallée

    Structured products are an innovative class of retail financial products with option-like features. This paper provides empirical evidence suggesting that innovative financial products like these can help alleviate loss aversion and thus the low participation of households in risky asset markets.

    • 31 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

    by Staff

    More than 14,800 professors at United States colleges and universities —including some 50 Nobel laureates— signed a petition opposing President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration. Signatories from Harvard Business School explain their opposition. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 12 Nov 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Catering to Investors Through Product Complexity

    by Boris Vallee & Claire Célérier

    This paper investigates the rationale for issuing complex securities to retail investors.

    • 11 Feb 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

    by Carmen Nobel

    A new study by Boris Vallée and Christophe Pérignon offers evidence that local politicians in France (and probably elsewhere) used high-risk loans for political gain in the years leading up to the recent financial crisis. The strategy worked: Toxic loans helped mayors get reelected. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 15 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

    by Carmen Nobel

    A recent study by Claire Célérier and Boris Vallée finds that the French finance industry compensates employees largely according to how talented they are. Other high-paying industries? Not so much. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

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