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  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

generous welfare state. It emerged instead from evolving coalitions between fledgling consumer lenders seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of nongovernmental groups working to promote public welfare, labor, and... View Details
Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

are identified by exploiting random assignment and a separate instrumental variables procedure. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1264038 Welfare Payments and Crime Author:C. Fritz Foley Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

should be the firm's only motivation if social welfare is to be maximized - provoked a round of spirited discussion centered on the social role and responsibilities of corporations. The next session, on "Ethics, Economics, and... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2014
  • Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

economic activity away from the US. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite as firms expand globally, they also expand domestically. Indeed, American welfare can be advanced by ensuring that investments... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • December 1969
  • Article

A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate

By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Welfare; Economy; Growth and Development
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  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

HBS Global Conference Set for Berlin in June

moderate discussions among prominent business leaders from around the world. The topics to be considered -- such as "The Future of the European Welfare State," "Entrepreneurship in Europe," "Corporate Governance: Converging toward a... View Details
  • 2006
  • Chapter

The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia
Keywords: Microeconomics; Welfare; Competitive Advantage; Globalized Economies and Regions
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  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

welfare state. Restricting immigration would require budget cuts that would harm natives by reducing pension benefits or increasing the age of retirement, for example. “It’s thus impossible to conclude that immigration has no View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • Student-Profile

Rowan Clarke

Rowan Clarke (he/him) began his academic career at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s in economics. While working on the latter degree, he started to win research grants and connected with Innovations for Poverty... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

cost, but is also a function of the competitiveness of the upstream economy. Moreover, the presence of a gray market competitor may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

The Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects

By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel
Discusses the macroeconomic and political situation in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II through 2001. Focuses on the interactions among macroeconomic performance, labor relations, the corporate governance system, and social services. In particular,... View Details
Keywords: Welfare; Corporate Governance; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; United Kingdom
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  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

The Real Conflict

economic pie available to be divided among its various stakeholders, instead of just slicing up a fixed pie in a way that favors one group over another. Consider, for example, the conclusions of the McKinsey Global Institute’s study of... View Details
Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

and Jonathan T. Kolstad Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We consider the welfare economics of firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

Effective Self-Policing Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Administrative agencies are increasingly establishing voluntary self-reporting programs both as an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2010
  • Article

Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link

By: Nitin Nohria
This article discusses the weakening connections between business growth and job creation. The industrial economy of the 20th century ensured that growing firms would need to add workers, but the increasingly globalized and information-based economy of the early 21st... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Growth; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Welfare; Value Creation
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  • 30 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 30, 2016

impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

to have their first child in Mumbai, or return to the U.S. for the delivery. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809045 Political and Economic History of the People's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

African government take a stand against an effective AIDS treatment drug? The inability of government to make wise tradeoffs—give up small losses for much larger gain—has been investigated by HBS professor Max Bazerman and his research colleagues for years. Much of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls