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- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
substantial financial losses. Consumers had fewer options to choose from and many of the remaining plans raised their premiums. Therefore, politics aside, the question everyone should be asking is: Will this... View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
to get involved in a national consumer awareness campaign aimed at protecting consumers from gas can explosions. Elmburg felt he needed Walmart's cooperation because the gas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Decade of Change
Hospital for Special Surgery; Meredith Cantrell, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Matthew Schrimpf, Harlem Children’s Zone; Christopher Satti, City of Boston Mayor’s Office; (back row) Ana Mahony, Consumer View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
whether the effect of third-party stakeholders on the USDA has an effect on other agencies or other policy issues. Conceivably, the same findings could hold true for other agencies: for example, the influence of doctors associations on the FDA drug approval process or... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Renata Lemos, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
web of business ties, lending, and cross-shareholdings. In Germany's financial sector, it might be the insurance giant Allianz. In Italy, it may be a set of powerful families. In Russia, it can be the Russian mafia and other View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
financial and non-financial measurements in four perspectives: financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth. The approach quickly evolved into a new system for describing and managing strategy.2 Many of the organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure By: Acharya, Viral, Heitor Almeida, and Malcolm Baker Abstract—The National Bureau of Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
social, and financial performance. Those societal pressures are absolutely critical. Look at the level of inequality and the impacts of climate change—the system is not sustainable, it has to change. Maybe decades ago people thought of... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
the Uniform Small Loan Law, legalizing thousands of small lenders and providing some measure of consumer protection for their clients. 30 25 William R. Simpson and Florence Simpson, with Charles Samuels,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
is not distributed evenly; the median dollar of wealth is held by a rich person, who can afford better financial advice than the median consumer gets. I think that people are becoming increasingly aware of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
want to buy. We’re also seeing environmental costs with the energy usage of certain bitcoin architectures. Meanwhile, digital wallets that people use to hold cryptocurrency don’t have many of the protections people are used to and expect... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
five-year stint managing the multibillion dollar United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds, Cohen was tapped by National Trust for Historic Preservation head Michael Ainslie (MBA ’68) to be the nonprofit’s senior View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Named Treasury Secretary in 2006, Paulson led the country through one of its most challenging periods of financial turbulence. A lifelong environmentalist, he and his wife, Wendy, work to protect natural... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world today (La Porta et al., 1998, 1999 and passim). This paper examines the persistence of the effects of legal origins by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
PublicationsForeign Direct Investment and Growth: On the Role of Complementarities, the Search for Mechanisms, and the Potential for Linkages Authors:Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson Publication:Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
improving health status. Do consumers actually need the systemic protections provided under managed care? I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked with who say how difficult it is to try to navigate in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
120,000 employees came to work concerned that best-available safety protocols would not be enough to protect them from a little-understood novel coronavirus. “But now it has evolved into a real moment of pride for us,” Weckert reflects.... View Details