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      • 19 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety

      Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter swept into office in 2018 promising equity. He wanted a new public safety framework that would be rooted in community. Then, with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of the city’s budget and the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in neighboring Minneapolis sparking calls to defund the police, how would Mayor Carter make these changes happen? Professor Mitch Weiss discusses the challenges and rewards of “possibility government” in his case, "Community-First Public Safety."  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 26 Jan 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

      by Kristen Senz

      Letting credit card customers pay back specific purchases encourages borrowers to go beyond the minimum, says research by Michael Norton and colleagues.

      • 06 Dec 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      'Repayment-by-Purchase' Helps Consumers to Reduce Credit Card Debt

      by Grant E. Donnelly, Cait Lamberton, Stephen Bush, Zoe Chance, and Michael I. Norton

      Many consumers fail to pay off credit card debt each month and suffer financial consequences. Repayment-by-purchase, allocating payment toward specific purchases on a credit card bill, helps consumers gain a sense of progress and control over credit card debt.

      • 30 Nov 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

      by Danielle Kost

      Despite the economic uncertainty, most venture capitalists expect their investments to outperform major equity indexes and are still funding new endeavors, says Paul Gompers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU

      by Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

      Shareholder-driven “short-termism,” as evidenced by increasing payouts to shareholders, is said to impede long-term investment in EU public firms. But a deep dive into the data reveals a different story.

      • 24 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

      by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh

      A framework and method for measuring and monetizing product impact across industries, applying it to two competitors in the consumer finance space.

      • 23 Nov 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

      by Rachel Layne

      Down economic cycles and increasing unemployment usually usher in a rise in bankruptcies. Not so in the COVID-19 recession, where just the reverse has happened. Research by Raymond Kluender and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

      by Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev

      This survey of more than 1,000 venture capitalists finds that the VC industry and its portfolio companies have reduced their activity less than in previous recessions and have been more resilient than many other sectors of the global economy.

      • 16 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Private Equity and COVID-19

      by Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov

      Private equity investors are seeking new investments despite the pandemic. This study shows they are prioritizing revenue growth for value creation, giving larger equity stakes to management teams, and targeting somewhat lower returns.

      • 13 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Long-Run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

      by Shawn Cole, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders, and Tristan Reed

      Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and longest-operating impact investors, shows this portfolio has outperformed the S&P 500 by 15 percent.

      • 03 Nov 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Stock Market Value of Human Capital Creation

      by Matthias Regier and Ethan Rouen

      Measuring human capital creation is complex but increasingly important to managers for understanding the relationship between employee expenditures and firm performance. This paper develops a strategy to examine aspects of the intangible human capital investment embedded in a firm’s personnel expense. Closed for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Oct 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Does Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

      by Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, and Richard Townsend

      Using a randomized field experiment conducted on a large online search platform, this study illustrates how investments by top venture capital investors attract potential employees and improve the pool of candidates available for the startup.

      • 25 Oct 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

      by Rachel Layne

      Fintechs have revolutionized the banking industry, but some customers end up worse for the experience, according to research by Marco Di Maggio and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Oct 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Estimating Causal Effects in the Presence of Partial Interference Using Multivariate Bayesian Structural Time Series Models

      by Fiammetta Menchetti and Iavor Bojinov

      A case study of an Italian supermarket introducing a new pricing policy—in which it reduced prices on some brands—offers managers a new approach to reduce uncertainty. The approach is flexible and can be applied to different business problems.

      • 19 Oct 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis

      by Jialan Wang, Jeyul Yang, Benjamin Iverson, and Ray Kluender

      Analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on bankruptcy filing rates in the United States, this study finds that large businesses, small businesses, and consumers experience very different effects of the crisis.

      • 13 Oct 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers

      by Ufuk Akcigit, Sina T. Ates, Josh Lerner, Richard Townsend, and Yulia Zhestkova

      This study of foreign corporate investment transactions from 32 countries between 1976 and 2015 finds these investments pose a trade-off: While they support young firms in pursuing innovations they could not otherwise afford, they also generate knowledge for the foreign investors.

      • 17 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

      by Rachel Layne

      Small-business owners have delayed rent payments and other bills to protect health benefits for employees. Now, financial pressure is mounting, according to research by Leemore Dafny, Yin Wei Soon, Zoë Cullen, and Christopher Stanton. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Sep 2020
      • Op-Ed

      Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

      by Regina E. Herzlinger

      The United States needs a health care equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase transparency and competition, argues Regina Herzlinger. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 31 Aug 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Pass-Through of Uncertainty Shocks to Households

      by Marco Di Maggio, Amir Kermani, Rodney Ramcharan, Vincent Yao, and Edison Yu

      A firm’s stock price volatility during times of uncertainty can significantly reduce workers’ consumption and savings decisions. This paper sheds light on the economic effects of uncertainty, and in particular, how firms provide insurance to their workers during periods of turmoil.

      • 20 Aug 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Best Ideas

      by Miguel Antón, Randolph B. Cohen, and Christopher Polk

      The “best ideas” in investment managers’ portfolios generate statistically and economically significant risk-adjusted returns over time, and they systematically outperform other positions in the portfolios. Investors can gain substantially if managers choose less-diversified portfolios that tilt more towards their best ideas.

      • 12 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

      by Danielle Kost

      Forty percent of American investors rely on financial advisers, but the COVID-19 market rollercoaster may have highlighted a weakness when disputes arise. The system favors the financial industry, says Mark Egan. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

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