Peter Tufano

Harvard Business School

Baker Foundation Professor

Soldiers Field Road

Morgan Hall 131

Boston, MA 02163

United States

Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

Senior Advisor

  • Harvard Business School

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1.

Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry

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Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings, HBS Finance Working Paper No. 616981
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Nov 2005
Daniel Bergstresser, John Chalmers and Peter Tufano
Brandeis International Business School, University of Oregon and Harvard Business School
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mutual funds, distribution channels

Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 10, pp. 4129-4156, 2009
Posted: 28 Sep 2009
Daniel Bergstresser, John Chalmers and Peter Tufano
Brandeis International Business School, University of Oregon and Harvard Business School

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Mutual Funds Fees Around the World

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 901023
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 May 2006
Ajay Khorana, Henri Servaes and Peter Tufano
Georgia Institute of Technology - Finance Area, London Business School and Harvard Business School
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The Regulation of Consumer Financial Products: An Introductory Essay with Four Case Studies

HKS Working Paper No. RWP10-40
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2010
John Y. Campbell, Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Peter Tufano
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Law School, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Consumer Finance, Mortgages, Payday Lending, Retirement Savings, Mutual Funds, Financial Regulation, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

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The Evolving Academic Field of Climate Finance

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Feb 2023
Matteo Gasparini and Peter Tufano
Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Students and Harvard Business School
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Climate Finance, Climate change. ESG, Green finance, CO2 emissions, Sustainable Finance, Climate Risk, Physical Risk, Transition Risk, Sustainable finance, Financial education

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Explaining the Size of the Mutual Fund Industry Around the World

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Explaining the Size of the Mutual Fund Industry Around the World

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 May 2003
Ajay Khorana, Henri Servaes and Peter Tufano
Georgia Institute of Technology - Finance Area, London Business School and Harvard Business School
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Explaining the Size of the Mutual Fund Industry Around the World

Posted: 14 Sep 2004
Ajay Khorana, Henri Servaes and Peter Tufano
Georgia Institute of Technology - Finance Area, London Business School and Harvard Business School

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Board Structure, Mergers and Shareholder Wealth: A Study of the Mutual Fund Industry

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Ajay Khorana, Lei Wedge and Peter Tufano
Georgia Institute of Technology - Finance Area, University of South Florida and Harvard Business School
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mutual fund, board structure, mergers

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When are Real Options Exercised? An Empirical Study of Mine Closings

Working Paper No. 99-117
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Jul 2000
Alberto Moel and Peter Tufano
Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group and Harvard Business School
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Live Prices and Stale Quantities: T+1 Accounting and Mutual Fund Mispricing

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 881615
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Feb 2006
Peter Tufano, Michael Quinn and Ryan Taliaferro
Harvard Business School, Analysis Group, Inc. and Acadian Asset Management
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Mutual Funds, Net Asset Value, Daily Returns, Financial Institutions, Regulation, NAV

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Cephalon, Inc. Taking Risk Management Theory Seriously

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Cephalon, Inc. Taking Risk Management Theory Seriously

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Nov 2000
George Chacko, Geoffrey Verter and Peter Tufano
Santa Clara University - Finance Department, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School
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Cephalon, Inc. Taking Risk Management Theory Seriously

NBER Working Paper No. w7748
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2022
George Chacko, Geoffrey Verter and Peter Tufano
Santa Clara University - Finance Department, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School
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What Drives Corporate Liquidity? An International Survey of Cash Holdings and Lines of Credit

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2008
Karl V. Lins, Henri Servaes and Peter Tufano
University of Utah - Department of Finance, London Business School and Harvard Business School
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corporate liquidity, line of credit, cash holdings, investor protection

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Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 08-075
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider
Harvard Business School and Princeton University
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Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-Linked Savings Accounts

Saïd Business School WP 2014-10
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 25 May 2014 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2017
Shawn Allen Cole, Benjamin Charles Iverson and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School, Brigham Young University and Harvard Business School
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household finance, banking, savings, prize-linked savings, lottery

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Selling Company Shares to Reluctant Employees: France Telecom's Experience

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Selling Company Shares to Reluctant Employees: France Telecom's Experience

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jun 2000
Francois Degeorge, Dirk Jenter, Alberto Moel and Peter Tufano
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance, Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group and Harvard Business School
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Employee Stock Ownership, Privatization, Portfolio Choice

Selling Company Shares to Reluctant Employees: France Telecom's Experience

NBER Working Paper No. w7683
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 May 2000 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Francois Degeorge, Dirk Jenter, Alberto Moel and Peter Tufano
University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance, Monitor Corporate Finance, Monitor Group and Harvard Business School
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Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2009
Dennis Campbell, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Peter Tufano
Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit, Cornell University and Harvard Business School
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Consumer Finance, Payday Lenders, Account Closures, Overdraft, Unbanked, Commercial Banking

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A Brief Postwar History of US Consumer Finance

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Working Paper No. 11-058, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 11-058
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Dec 2010
Andrea Ryan, Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard Business School
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Elective Offerings in Finance

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School
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Debt Literacy, Financial Experiences, and Overindebtedness

NBER Working Paper No. w14808
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Annamaria Lusardi and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Harvard Business School
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Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 08-061
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2008
Nick Maynard, Jan‐Emmanuel De Neve and Peter Tufano
D2D Fund, University of Oxford and Harvard Business School
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Where Does it Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 08-083
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2008
Shawn Allen Cole, John Thompson and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School, H&R Block and Harvard Business School
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Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications

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Citation 52

Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 03/2011-013
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications

NBER Working Paper No. w17072
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 May 2011 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

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The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 10-079
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Mar 2010
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 03/2010-008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Jun 2010
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

NBER Working Paper No. w15843
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda

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The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda

NBER Working Paper No. w16780
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 14 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School
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The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 41-85, 2011
Posted: 10 Jan 2012
Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School

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Hbs-Jfe Conference Volume - Introduction: Clinical and Field Based Research

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Nov 2000
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School
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Splitting Tax Refunds and Building Savings: An Empirical Test

Tax Policy and the Economy, Forthcoming, HBS Finance Working Paper No. 06-018
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Sondra Beverly, Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider
University of Kansas, Harvard Business School and Princeton University
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Saving, Earned Income Tax Credit, precommitment

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Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products

NBER Working Paper No. w16433
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2023
Melissa S. Kearney, Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan and Erik Hurst
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Reinventing Savings Bonds

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Reinventing Savings Bonds

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 06-017
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Princeton University and Harvard Business School
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Saving, EITC, Saving Bonds

Reinventing Savings Bonds

Tax Notes, Vol. 109, No. 5, October 31, 2005
Posted: 28 Oct 2005
Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Princeton University and Harvard Business School

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Saving, EITC, Saving Bonds

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Just Keep My Money! Supporting Tax-Time Savings with US Savings Bonds

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 09-059
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2010
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School
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Playing with your Future: Who Gambles in Defined-Contribution Pension Plans?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 May 2018
Gordon L. Clark, Maurizio Fiaschetti, Peter Tufano and Michael Viehs
Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, UCL Institute of Finance and Technology, Harvard Business School and European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE)
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Volatility, Retail Investors, Effect of Experience, Financial Decision-Making, Retirement

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Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Saving Products

Pension Research Council WP 2010-36
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Nov 2010
Melissa S. Kearney, Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan and Erik Hurst
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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lottery, prize, saving, accounts, income, products, households, gambling, investment

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Transparent Climate Alliances: Principles for Greater Effectiveness and Legitimacy

Harvard Business Review, 2023
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Peter Tufano, Chris Thomas, Knut Haanaes, Matteo Gasparini, Robert Eyres and Chris Chapman
Harvard Business School, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, IMD, Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Students, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Climate alliances, Climate change, Climate cooperation

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Community COVID-19 Testing Strategies (FACTS) in a University Setting

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 May 2021
Jennifer Hirst, Mary Logan, Thomas R. Fanshawe, Lazaro Mwandigha, Marta Wanat, Charles Vicary, Rafael Perera, Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Joseph Jonathan Lee, Irene Tracey, Gordon Duff, Peter Tufano, Marya Besharov, Lionel Tarassenko, Brian D. Nicholson and Richard Hobbs
University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Imperial College London - NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford - Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford - St. Hilda's College, Harvard Business School, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Sensyne Health, University of Oxford and University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
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Corporate Ownership and ESG Performance

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 08 Nov 2024
Peter Tufano, Belen Villalonga and Boya Wang
Harvard Business School, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and University of Cambridge
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Ownership, ESG, corporate governance, family firms, management control

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The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Use: Comparative Evidence from Five High-Income Countries

Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center Working Paper No. 2015-3
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Mar 2015
Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
Stanford University - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Sociology and Harvard Business School
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wealth losses, unemployment, routine medical care

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Einformation: A Clinical Study of Investor Discussion and Sentiment

Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 103-137, Autumn 2005
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Nov 2005
Sanjiv Ranjan Das, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Peter Tufano
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business, Cornell University and Harvard Business School
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Live Prices and Stale Quantities: T1 Accounting and Mutual Fund Mispricing

Journal of Investment Management (JOIM), First Quarter, 2012
Posted: 24 May 2012
Peter Tufano, Michael Quinn and Ryan Taliaferro
Harvard Business School, Analysis Group, Inc. and Acadian Asset Management

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Mutual funds, net asset value, daily returns, NAV

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Consumer Finance

Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing

HBS Case No. 210-012, Harvard Business School Finance Unit
Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Peter Tufano and Andrea Ryan
Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Affinity Plus (A)

HBS Case No. 109-026, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano
Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit and Harvard Business School

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The Christmas Eve Closing

HBS Case No. 209-043, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper Series
Posted: 22 Jul 2009
Peter Tufano and Andrea Ryan
Harvard Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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An Introduction to Consumer Credit

HBS Note No. 209-107, Harvard Business School Finance Unit
Posted: 21 May 2009
Peter Tufano, Andrea Ryan and Daniel Schneider
Harvard Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Princeton University

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Mutual Fund Fees Around the World

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 3, pp. 1279-1310, 2009
Posted: 17 Mar 2009
Ajay Khorana, Henri Servaes and Peter Tufano
Georgia Institute of Technology - Finance Area, London Business School and Harvard Business School

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Central Bank: The Chexsystems(Sm) Qualifile(R) Decision

HBS Case No.: 208-029
Posted: 18 Sep 2008
Dennis Campbell, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Emily McClintock Ekins and Peter Tufano
Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit, Cornell University, Cato Institute and Harvard Business School

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United Grain Growers Limited (a)

Harvard Business School Case No.: 201-015; Teaching Note No.: 204-124
Posted: 09 Dec 2004
Joshua Musher and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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The Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel - 2001

Harvard Business School Case No.: 202-088; Teaching Note No.: 204-123
Posted: 09 Dec 2004
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry

HBS Case No.: 201-004; Teaching Note: 202-060 9
Posted: 29 Jan 2002
Mihir A. Desai and Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School

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The Analysis Map: A Tool for Case Writers

Posted: 29 Jun 2000
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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Who Manages Risk? An Empirical Examination of Risk Management Practices in the Gold Mining Industry

J. OF FINANCE, Vol. 51 No. 4, September 1996
Posted: 13 May 1998
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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Agency Costs of Corporate Risk Management

Financial Management, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1998
Posted: 20 Mar 1998
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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Pricing Credit-Sensitive Debt When Interest Rates, Credit Ratings and Credit Spreads are Stochastic

J. OF FINANCIAL ENGINEERING, Vol. 5 No. 2
Posted: 12 Feb 1997
Sanjiv Ranjan Das and Peter Tufano
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Harvard Business School

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Liability Management at General Motors

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING
Posted: 18 Sep 1996
Peter Tufano
Harvard Business School

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