Publications

2011
Article

Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals

By: Rafael Di Tella

We describe the evolution of selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where beliefs about... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

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June 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Supplement

Corruption at Siemens (C)

By: Paul M. Healy and Maria Loumioti

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

September 2006
Teaching Note

Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Allen S. Grossman and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Industry

Fast Answer

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

the thousands of indicators already available. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city View Details

30 Mar 2018
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

cookie-cutter approach. Many of our partners have been battling poverty and crime in their cities for decades. Our job is to listen and offer advice that will help them get the results they want.” (Published March 2018) View Details

27 Mar 2019
News

German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past

ashamed and turned as white as the wall. There is nothing to gloss over. These crimes are disgusting.” Harf also told the Agence France-Presse that the family plans to take the findings of the investigation public when it is complete.... View Details

February 5, 2011
Book Review

Early America, Ripe for Counterfeiters

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

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December 2006
Teaching Note

"Parable of the Sadhu" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (TN)

By: Rohit Deshpande and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

July 1997
Article

National Champions and Corruption: Some Unpleasant Interventionist Arithmetic

By: Alberto Ades and Rafael Di Tella

We present a hold-up model of investment where active industrial policy promotes both corruption and investment. Since corruption deters investment, the effect of industrial policy on investment is lower than when corruption is absent. We find evidence suggesting that... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption

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1982
Book

The Crocodile Man: A Case of Brain Chemistry and Criminal Violence

By: Andre Mayer and Michael A. Wheeler

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Health

Portrait Project

Inessa Lurye

seeing beyond their labels too. When I taught an art class for men deemed "criminally insane," I chose not to know their crimes or diagnoses. I let their artwork speak for itself. Today, I strive to define myself before others... View Details

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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates. Explore Census... View Details

05 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

area, that would be important.” Related Reading: Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations Why White-Collar Criminals Commit Their Crimes What do you think? Do you think stockbrokers should come under more scrutiny from regulators?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

2002
Book

Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble

By: D. Quinn Mills and Dirk Seifert

Keywords: Sales; Crime and Corruption; Online Technology

2022
Chapter

Corporate Misconduct’s Relevance to Society through Everyday Misconduct

By: Eugene Soltes

Terms like "corporate misconduct" and "white-collar crime" typically bring to mind major scandals like Enron or Bernie Madoff. This popular perception overlooks another important—and in fact much more typical—type of deviance: "everyday misconduct." Everyday misconduct... View Details

Keywords: Research; Crime and Corruption; Society