HBSP (USA)
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Boston Properties (A)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211018-EFinanceInvestment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy. Baena must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of her fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of basic f...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (B)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211041-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Eliza Baena takes in the matter of the Boston Properties (BXP) bonds described in the A case. She must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (B): US Treasuries in December 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211050-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager James Franey takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211051-EFinanceInvestment manager Albert Mills confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices an unusually low-- and briefly negative-- thirty-year U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. Mills must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of his fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of fixed-floating swaps, important interest rates...Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (D): TED Spread and Swap Spread in May 2009
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211052-EFinanceThe D case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Albert Mills takes in the matter of an unusually low U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fast Track Derailed: The 1997 Attempt to Renew Fast Track Legislation, Abridged
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS302-EEconomicsIn the United States, the president has the Constitutional authority to negotiate international trade agreements. But the Congress has the ultimate authority over trade. This arrangement blunts the negotiating power of the United States in trade talks because other countries know that any commitments made at the table could be altered or rejected by Congress. Therefore, from 1974 to 1993, Congress granted the president fast track authority by com...Starting at €8.20
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International Trade Meets Intellectual Property: The Making of the TRIPS Agreement (Abridged)
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS432-EThis is an abridged version of note NR15-02-1661.0. The focus of international trade negotiations was once quotas and tariffs - how much of a particular product could be imported and the duty levied at the border. As the world economy has experienced deeper integration, attention has shifted away from tariffs and quotas to the complex policies and rules that affect the international movement of goods, services and investment. Such policies incl...Starting at €8.20
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The Eagle and the Dragon: The November 1999 US-China Bilateral Agreement and the Battle over PNTR, Abridged
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-HKS475-EThis is an abridged version of note NR14-04-1771.0. On December 11, 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization. Many say the 1999 US-China bilateral trade agreement and the vote in Congress to permanently establish normal trade relations with China paved the way for China''s WTO accession. Even though China was not a WTO member, the United States had granted China Most Favored Nation trading status (MFN) since 1979. However, unde...Starting at €8.20
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Setting the Standard in Free Trade: The Making of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Datla, Anjani; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-KS1142-EEconomicsIn July 2013, more than 150 negotiators from the European Union and the United States converged in Washington, D.C. to begin crafting what could become the world's largest free trade agreement-the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Billed as a transformational trade accord, the TTIP would go beyond tariffs to cut non-tariff barriers, expand trade in services, streamline regulatory standards, and incorporate trade elements to s...Starting at €8.20
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Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef (Abridged)
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS434-EEconomicsThose familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of the quarrel, beginning with the introduction of the use of growth-promoting hormones for raising beef cattle. In 1989, Europe banned the use of these hormones. The ban covered all beef, including meat imported from the United States where growth-enhancing hormones were widely used. In retaliation, ...Starting at €8.20