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      • 05 Jan 2021
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      Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers

      For child and family social workers, coping with the hardships of children and parents is part of the job. But that can cause a lot of stress. Is it possible for financially constrained organizations to improve social workers’ well-being using non-cash rewards, recognition, and other strategies from behavioral science? Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans describes the experience of Chief Executive Michael Sanders’ at the UK’s What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, as he led a research program aimed at improving the morale of social workers in her case, “The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 29 Jun 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Measuring the Perceived Liquidity of the Corporate Bond Market

      by Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam

      The liquidity of corporate bond markets is crucial to their functioning. This paper proposes a novel measure of bond market liquidity based on portfolio holdings instead of transaction data. The measure can be applied to asset-backed securities, syndicated loans, and municipal securities for which publicly available data on transactions are not available.

      • 27 Apr 2020
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      Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender

      by Clarissa Hauptmann and Anywhere Sikochi

      This paper examines the relationship between executive gender and creditor recovery rates, showing that creditors to female-run firms have higher recovery rates in the event of default.

      • 29 Jan 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

      by Michael Blanding

      The popularity of green bonds as a way to finance environmentally friendly projects is on the upswing, say Malcolm Baker and George Serafeim. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Jan 2019
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      Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of US Green Bonds

      by Malcolm Baker, Daniel Bergstresser, George Serafeim, and Jeffrey Wurgler

      Green bonds are used for environmentally friendly purposes like renewable energy. Complementing previous research, this paper explores the US corporate and municipal green bond and shows that a subset of investors is willing to give up some return to hold green bonds.

      • 26 Jun 2018
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      The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

      by Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen

      The global financial crisis and its aftermath had a dramatic impact on the solvency of pension funds and insurance companies. Drawing on a large cross-section of countries, this paper shows the importance of pension and insurance companies in determining the yields on long maturity bonds around the world.

      • 15 Sep 2017
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      Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation

      by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk

      This study examines how reserve accumulation affects governments’ decisions to default. The analysis assumes that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. Results suggest that the optimal level of international reserves is fairly large because their cost is mitigated by valuation-smoothing gains. The model matches some features of Brazil’s economic fluctuations.

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      A Quantity-Driven Theory of Term Premia and Exchange Rates

      by Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam

      This paper provides a framework for understanding how the detailed structure of financial intermediation affects foreign exchange rates.

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