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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Restoring Order
Last December, calling him “one of the most respected business leaders in our nation,” President George W. Bush (MBA 1975) nominated Wall Street veteran William Donaldson (MBA 1958) to be Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. Charging Donaldson with enforcing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
The City Solution: Facts and Figures p. 32 “half the world’s people ” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human Settlements”) March 2011 p. 33 “2 percent land mass most of its emissions.” UN Habitat Report March 2011 “ largest annual rise... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
products—but that’s not nearly enough to stop climate change, says Michael Toffel, faculty chair of the Business and Environment Initiative. Business leaders have to become activists, he says: Lobby for sweeping and aggressive legislation... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
failing company. Many of these proposals already are incorporated in legislation that has stalled in the House and Senate. So far, too big to fail has turned out to be too hard for Capitol Hill to handle. View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Delaying Firearm Purchases Reduces Gun Violence
By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a two to seven-day delay between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. While states might institute waiting periods for different reasons (e.g., to allow for background checks), these delays also create a “cooling off”... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Rethinking the Role of History in Law & Economics: The Case of the Federal Radio Commission in 1927
By: David A. Moss and Jonathan B. Lackow
In the study of law and economics, there is a danger that historical inferences from theory may infect historical tests of theory. It is imperative, therefore, that historical tests always involve a vigorous search not only for confirming evidence, but for... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Decision Choices and Conditions; Government Legislation; Law; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Moss, David A., and Jonathan B. Lackow. "Rethinking the Role of History in Law & Economics: The Case of the Federal Radio Commission in 1927." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-008, August 2008.
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
in-house education program on improvement science that emphasizes rapid cycles of small-scale change. Their finding that an accumulation of small changes can add up to significant gains is leading the way for health-care reform that is just as revolutionary as its... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
estimates are that a 15 percent tax on reported GAAP profits would be revenue-neutral for the government. A tax with a lower rate on a more sensible base is a central lesson of economics. Legislators would also be restricted to changes in... View Details
- December 14, 2017
- Editorial
Resolving DACA Will Modernize the American Economy
Chertavian, Gerald. "Resolving DACA Will Modernize the American Economy." Morning Consult (December 14, 2017).
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks after the Department of... View Details
- October 2008 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem
The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing and Advisory Boards; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; United States
Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-036, October 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems
energy, and also community involvement. And as a deputy majority whip, you have the opportunity to take a leadership role and actually work with all of your colleagues to make sure that they have the information they need to make the best decisions possible on View Details
- March 2024
- Article
Medicare Price Negotiation and Pharmaceutical Innovation Following the Inflation Reduction Act
By: Matthew Vogel, Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra and Rena M. Conti
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires Medicare to negotiate lower prices for some medicines with high Medicare spending. Using historical data from public and proprietary sources to apply the IRA's negotiation criteria retrospectively, we identify all drugs that... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Negotiation; Price; Pharmaceutical Industry
Vogel, Matthew, Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra, and Rena M. Conti. "Medicare Price Negotiation and Pharmaceutical Innovation Following the Inflation Reduction Act." Nature Biotechnology 42, no. 3 (March 2024): 406–412.
- August 2008
- Article
The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting
By: Karthik Ramanna
I study the evolution of SFAS 142, which uses unverifiable fair-value estimates to account for acquired goodwill. I find evidence consistent with the FASB issuing SFAS 142 in response to political pressure over its proposal to abolish pooling accounting. The result is... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Fair Values; Politics; Standard Setting; Fair Value Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Government Legislation; Agency Theory
Ramanna, Karthik. "The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting." Journal of Accounting & Economics 45, nos. 2-3 (August 2008): 253–281. (Winner of the Elsevier JAE 2008 Best Paper Prize. Winner of the American Accounting Association FARS Best Dissertation Award. Presented at the 2006 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference.)
- January 2023
- Article
Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights
By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized... View Details
Keywords: Civil Rights; Great Migration; History; Race; Rights; Prejudice and Bias; Government Legislation
Calderon, Alvaro, Vasiliki Fouka, and Marco Tabellini. "Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights." Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 1 (January 2023): 165–200. (Available also from VOX, Broadstreet, and VOX EU.)
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
housing trust fund in Arkansas and the development of legislation that protects families during recessions in Connecticut. Currently, we are providing our research findings to legislators who are preparing... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- June 2023
- Case
ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral in 2023
By: William C. Kirby, Noah B. Truwit and John P. McHugh
In March 2023, Chew, with an army of well-paid U.S. lobbyists and TikTok creators, descended on Washington. In his testimony, he planned to highlight the 150 million daily active American users on TikTok and how the platform had benefitted small business owners and... View Details
- 2003
- Chapter
La tragédie de la thalidomide: affaires judiciaries et résponses législatives, 1959-1971
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
- June 2006
- Article
Enlarging the Societal Pie Through Wise Legislation: A Psychological Perspective
By: Jonathon Baron, Max Bazerman and Katherine Shonk
Baron, Jonathon, Max Bazerman, and Katherine Shonk. "Enlarging the Societal Pie Through Wise Legislation: A Psychological Perspective." Perspectives on Psychological Science 1, no. 2 (June 2006).