Economic Psychology - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51759 forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy When Discounts Raise Costs: The Effect of Copay Coupons on Generic Utilization By: Dafny, Leemore... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

so the happiness gains that they experience, whilst not permanent, can still be relatively long-lasting. Finally we study a cross section of nations in 2005 from the World Gallup Poll and find that the past 45 years of economic growth... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

previously believed. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53610 in press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Enacting Rituals to Improve Self-control By: Tian, D.A., J. Schroeder, G. Haubl, J. Risen,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2017
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Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

are persistent issues that in many cases have worsened. "Addressing these issues is critical for the future competitiveness of these industries" In our competitive landscape, ESG efforts are guided by economic incentives.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

10 Apr 2006
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American Auto’s Troubled Road

vehicles to America. Responding to that change and the subsequent surge in domestically produced Japanese nameplates "was not just a technological issue for American automakers, but a psychological one," Salter observes.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

31 Jul 2015
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The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

believe it is not only of profound importance to contemporary readers, but also will be seminal secondary source for economic and political historians for generations to come. If you own a copy, keep it. A scholarly grandchild will thank... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity. September 2014 Perspectives on Psychological Science How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2003
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remember that business is all about working with people, be they your associates or customers." DANIEL GREGORY Wesleyan University, 1951 B.S., Psychology "Companies don't grow and succeed through some sort of miracle or because you put a... View Details

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

PublicationsGlobal, Local, and Contagious Investor Sentiment Authors:Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler, and Yu Yuan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We construct investor sentiment indices for six major... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2012
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Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

organizational management practices all over the world. The project was borne of a widely perceived gap in economic research. In business academia, there is an optimistic tendency to assume that managers generally make decisions in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

September – October 2009
Article

U.S. Energy Policy: Overcoming Barriers to Acting

By: Max Bazerman

Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration (drill, baby, drill), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy. But there is a serious problem endemic to America's energy... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Climate Change; Energy Sources; Government and Politics; Cognition and Thinking; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Non-Renewable Energy; Economics; Natural Environment; Energy Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

Authors:David Goldreich and Hanna Halaburda Abstract The economic literature on choice focuses on individuals' decisions when faced with a given menu. However, the menu itself is often the result of preselection by a menu setter. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2010
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How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

Technology on Firm Organization," a paper she cowrote with Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University and Luis Garicano and John Van Reenen of the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics. "Technologies that make... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews

By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao

This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary... View Details

Keywords: Markets; Reputation; SWOT Analysis; Mathematical Methods; Price Bubble; Inflation and Deflation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost; Information; Quality; Price; Competitive Advantage; Information Industry

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02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

decisions ranging from whom to date to whom to hire. When faced with decisions about disclosure, decision makers should be aware not just of the risk of revealing but of what hiding reveals. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50432 in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

As the recession lingered on into 2009, the U.S. government sought to limit executive pay and excessive risk. The debate raged over what constituted excessive risk and how best to mitigate it. This case describes the government restrictions on executive pay for TARP... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; Risk Management; Business and Government Relations; Motivation and Incentives; United States

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July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
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Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler

Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Business History; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence

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May 2001
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Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate (Abridged)

By: David A. Moss

Examines the extended conflict between free traders and protectionists in 19th century Britain. It culminates with Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel's decision at the end of 1845 about whether to repeal the Corn Laws, a series of acts that had protected British... View Details