government policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

2014
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Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

By: Claudine Gartenberg and Julie Wulf

This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991–1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this controversy increased wage comparisons... View Details

Keywords: Pay-for-Performance; Internal Labor Markets; Peer Comparison; Firm Geography; Behavior; Executive Compensation; Policy

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20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

these are good things. [They] don't want to just throw those out.—Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University professor Yasunobe went on to discuss the changing attitude within the Japanese government towards big business. There is currently a... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

difficulty keeping the heat or the lights on. Together with our headquarters team and researchers, I work with policy makers and policy groups to help develop and support better View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

large-scale corporations and free competition, American Fair Trade argues that trade associations of independent proprietors lobbied and litigated to reshape competition policy to their benefit. At the turn of the 20th century, this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA

created, and shared during field activities, Clarify ownership rights and non-disclosure agreements for students, faculty, and company sponsors in company-sponsored field-based learning projects. The policies View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Faculty Books

in entrepreneurship, the historical origins of "born global" companies; the importance of networks in new international market development; the role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial activity; and the effect of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Jan 2016
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Taking Time Out for a Challenge

master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School in 2005. At HBS, she is pursuing a PhD in organizational behavior and sociology. Manning decided to take a leave from her PhD path and step in as acting CEO of Welbodi, providing... View Details

Keywords: ebola; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

McPherson Professor of Business Administration and author of Who Killed Health Care? Although many conservatives are gnashing their teeth about the Supreme Court's upholding the individual mandate, had it not been upheld, their worst nightmares would have occurred.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | Working Knowledge

better understanding the philosophical principles underlying policy choices. Recently, he has launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications, viewable at... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details

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2.3.2 Hazing | MBA

disciplinary policy with regard to the organizers and participants of hazing, and that such policy has been set forth with appropriate emphasis in the student handbook or similar means of communicating the... View Details

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

scaling growth and job creation. Winning companies will go public and become icons known around the world. Governments will benefit from real-time research on leveraged policy interventions. An expanding... View Details

summer 1995
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The Emerging Asset Class: Insurance Risk

By: K. A. Froot, B. Murphy, A. Stern and S. Usher

Keywords: Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry

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2013
Working Paper

Bank Failures and Output During the Great Depression

By: Jeffrey Miron and Natalia Rigol

In response to the Financial Crisis of 2008, macroeconomic policymakers employed a range of tools designed to prevent failures of large, complex financial institutions (“banks”). The Treasury and the Fed justified these actions by arguing that bank failures exacerbate... View Details

Keywords: History; Policy; Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Failure

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fall 1999
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The Evolving Market for Catastrophe Event Risk

By: K. A. Froot

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry

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Summer 1998
Article

A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions

By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry

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May 2004 (Revised June 2005)
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Exchange Rate Regimes

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

There are many options for a country in the management of monetary policy. At the most basic level is the decision of whether to adopt a fixed or a floating exchange rate. Introduces the economics behind exchange rates and the debate between fixed vs. floating regimes. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Policy; Macroeconomics; Country

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May 1998 (Revised January 1999)
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Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?"

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Stephen E. Lynagh

In April 1998, Prime Minister Hashimoto faced serious problems, both with his program of six systemic reforms and with his fiscal policy. Japan had been in effective recession for six years, unable to retain the miracle-growth achieved in earlier decades. Hashimoto has... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Development Economics; Social Issues; Policy; Economy; Government Administration; Financial Crisis; Japan

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