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  • 20 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

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your best self forward.     The Key to Keeping Resolutions? Betting Against Yourself Leslie John It’s been a few months since many of us made New Year’s resolutions. Have you stuck with yours? Professor Leslie John studies how to help people change bad habits (and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • August 2014
  • Article

Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

By: Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Guilhem Cassan and Lakshmi Iyer
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. Using an instrumental variables approach derived from a regression... View Details
Keywords: Politician Identity; Infant Mortality; Primary Education; India; Muslim; Fairness; Religion; Government and Politics; India
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  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14085   PublicationsPublic Action for Public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

PathBreakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation

By: Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer
We investigate whether the event of a woman being competitively elected as a state legislator encourages the subsequent political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that female incumbents are... View Details
Keywords: Political Participation; Women; Candidates; Gender Bias; Backlash; Minority Representation; Regression Discontinuity; India; Prejudice and Bias; Political Elections; Gender; Public Administration Industry; India
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  • 2007
  • Working Paper

Public Action for Public Goods

By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan
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  • April–May 2005
  • Article

History, Social Divisions and Public Goods in Rural India

By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan
Keywords: History; Goods and Commodities; Public Ownership; Society; India
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  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

another victory and bring the next chapter in United's illustrious history to a successful end? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/513051-PDF-ENG Urbanizing China Lakshmi Iyer and G.A. DonovanHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

be avoided by using a more deliberative, analytical decision-making process. In this paper, we describe joint evaluation as an effective tool to help decision makers manage their emotional assessments of morality. Bounded Ethicality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

and suggest the effects on subsequent reporting periods and competitor behavior are greater than previously documented. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-073.pdf Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal (revised) Authors: Quy-Toan Do and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

Working Papers Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences (revised) Author: Lakshmi Iyer Abstract This paper compares economic outcomes across areas in India which were under... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

the CEO by rotation." Santhanam Krishnan opened yet another avenue of thinking by asking " how can one expect formal 'succession planning' in organizations unless it is forced as a part of... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 21 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

adaptation of one professional service firm to an increase in women in the professional workforce and the shifting discourse around gender and work. Research by Lakshmi Ramarajan, Kathleen McGinn, and... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

in investment, changed tax evasion behavior, or changes in stock prices associated (or contemporaneous) with JGTRRA. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1000680 Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal Authors:Quy-Toan... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

underestimate it. Implications for research on perceived control and co-variation assessment are discussed. Conflict and Development: Lessons from South Asia Authors:Ejaz Ghani and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411018-PDF-ENG Hollywood in India: Protecting Intellectual Property (A) Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata AroraHarvard Business School Case 711-017 In January 2010, Fox Star... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

  Working PapersCatering to Characteristics (revised) Authors:Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

  Working PapersColonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India Authors:Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

economic actors. Capitalist competition takes place in markets that exist in legal and regulatory frameworks and are governed by a political authority with the power and legitimacy to empower as well as regulate behavior and punish... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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