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- 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20
stereotype-incongruent information. Implications for impression formation are discussed. Inducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas Publication:Journal of Industrial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in advance differ from decisions made for several days in the future? We use novel panel data from an online grocer to address this question. In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
demand which is deemed as justified by a panel ." What isn't off limits when it comes to transparency? What do you think? Original Article When Sony was hacked recently, most observers concentrated on issues of criminality as well as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006
is strongest after the rank ordering of the actors in a tournament becomes relatively stable, which focuses contestants' attention on proximately ranked competitors. The empirical context we examine is the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
particular mechanism to address those voids: minority state ownership. Due to their minority nature, such stakes are less affected by the agency distortions commonly found in full-fledged state-owned firms. Using panel View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
from the crowd of more experienced users and are therefore able to better capture value from using the goods. Data on firm contributions to open source software (OSS), an important crowdsourced public good, is used to test the theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
Working PapersThe CHAT Dataset Authors:Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15319, September 2009 Abstract This note accompanies the Cross-country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
W. Feeley Abstract—Patients and providers are frustrated with seemingly endless data entry. We used our patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own medical information into the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
dispute and a trend analysis of over 400 total WTO disputes, I find that the WTO dispute settlement process is helping to legitimize the institution of free trade through its public display of rational authority and neutral expertise. At the same time, dispute View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10
unbundling is prevalent in many information industries. What is the effect of this unbundling on sales? And what bundle characteristics drive this effect? I empirically examine these questions in the context of the music industry, using View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
officials used its science capabilities to develop components for solar panels and are now working on materials for cars that make them safer and more efficient. "Dow is using its science background to address fundamental issues and... View Details
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
investments. Using both calendar-time portfolio stock return regressions and firm-level panel regressions we find that firms with good ratings on material sustainability issues significantly outperform firms with poor ratings on these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2009
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Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. 9.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th century. We use three new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman