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December 1998
Case

Origins of National Income Accounting

By: David A. Moss and Joseph P Gownder

Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932 proposal for the federal government to begin collecting national income statistics. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods; United States

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July 4, 2001
Editorial

An Economy for Kosovo, One Building Block at a Time

By: David A. Moss and Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Economy; Kosovo

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

a battle in a Delaware courtroom. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411005-PDF-ENG Financing Higher Education in Australia David A. Moss and Stephanie LoHarvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

and David Moss Publication:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 Abstract After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

encourage production. Negotiating in Three Dimensions "Negotiation is increasingly a way of life for effective managers," say HBS professor James Sebenius and colleague David Lax. Their new book, 3-D Negotiation, describes how... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2013
Other Unpublished Work

'The Only Legitimate Fountain of Power': Initiatives, Courts, and Same-Sex Marriage in California

By: Timothy Lambert, David Moss and Sabeel Rahman

Article

Media versus Special Interests

By: Alexander Dyck, David Moss and Luigi Zingales

We argue that profit-maximizing media help to overcome the rational ignorance problem highlighted by Anthony Downs. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment, media are able to inform passive voters about regulation and other public policy issues, acting... View Details

Keywords: Media; Profit; Government and Politics

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

December 2002
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2002

By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan

Spreadsheet for use with case (9-703-030). Download Only. View Details

December 2002
Supplement

Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, 2002

By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan

Supplements National Economic Accounting: Past, Present, and Future. View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Data and Data Sets

fall 2001
Article

Managing Money Risk in Antebellum New York

By: David A. Moss and Sarah A. Brennan

Keywords: Money; Risk and Uncertainty; Management

2012
Chapter

Lessons for the Financial Sector from 'Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence, and How to Limit It'

By: Daniel Carpenter, David Moss and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett

In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2007–09, regulatory capture has become at once a diagnosis and a source of discomfort. The word “capture” has been used by dozens upon dozens of authors—ranging from pundits and bloggers to journalists and leading... View Details

Keywords: Regulatory Capture; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Crisis

2008
Working Paper

Media versus Special Interests

By: Alexander Dyck, David A. Moss and Luigi Zingales

We argue that profit-maximizing media helps overcome the problem of "rational ignorance" highlighted by Downs (1957) and in so doing makes elected representatives more sensitive to the interests of general voters. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment,... View Details

Keywords: Voting; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; United States

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. "But that strength has to be nurtured." She added, "We count on start-ups for job growth in America. Start-ups turn out... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

winter 1994
Article

CAP: New York State's Experiment with Economic Incentives

By: W. L. Hamilton, N. Burstein, David A. Moss and M. B. Hargreaves

Keywords: Economics