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- 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
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
with them. At first, Tony's crime and confession are hard to explain. With Tony Lowder, Louis Auchincloss draws on his extraordinary dual career to give us a strikingly contemporary perspective on the hazards of success and the ways... View Details
- 2022
- Chapter
What Predicts Corruption?
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Jorge Gallego and Mounu Prem
Keywords: Crime and Corruption
Colonnelli, Emanuele, Jorge Gallego, and Mounu Prem. "What Predicts Corruption?" Chap. 16 in A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, edited by Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas, 345–373. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
- 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
Di Tella, Rafael. "Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals." Cato Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011).
- June 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Corruption at Siemens (C)
By: Paul M. Healy and Maria Loumioti
Keywords: Crime and Corruption
Healy, Paul M., and Maria Loumioti. "Corruption at Siemens (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-035, June 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- September 2006
- Teaching Note
Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Allen S. Grossman and Aldo Sesia
- 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
Koehn, Nancy F. "Early America, Ripe for Counterfeiters." New York Times (February 5, 2011). (Book Review.)
- 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
Ades, Alberto, and Rafael Di Tella. "National Champions and Corruption: Some Unpleasant Interventionist Arithmetic." Economic Journal 107, no. 443 (July 1997): 1023–43.
- 1982
- Book
The Crocodile Man: A Case of Brain Chemistry and Criminal Violence
By: Andre Mayer and Michael A. Wheeler
Mayer, Andre, and Michael A. Wheeler. The Crocodile Man: A Case of Brain Chemistry and Criminal Violence. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
- 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
- Fast Answer
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
- 2002
- Book
Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble
By: D. Quinn Mills and Dirk Seifert
Mills, D. Quinn, and Dirk Seifert. Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble. Frankfurt: Galileo Press, 2002, German ed.
- 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
Soltes, Eugene. "Corporate Misconduct’s Relevance to Society through Everyday Misconduct." Chap. 2 in A Research Agenda for Financial Crime, edited by Barry Rider, 31–48. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
- September 1999
- Article
Rents, Competition and Corruption
By: Alberto Ades and Rafael Di Tella
Ades, Alberto, and Rafael Di Tella. "Rents, Competition and Corruption." American Economic Review 89, no. 4 (September 1999): 982–994.
- June 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Corruption at Siemens (B)
By: Paul M. Healy and Maria Loumioti
Keywords: Crime and Corruption
Healy, Paul M., and Maria Loumioti. "Corruption at Siemens (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-034, June 2008. (Revised May 2009.)