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- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Earnings Management, Corporate Tax Shelters, and Book-Tax Alignment Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper reviews recent evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
policy makers know that these legal codifications would have tremendous impacts on the ability of entrepreneurs to obtain ownership rights to the geothermal resources and found new ventures. Colorado, for example, has ambitious renewable... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs. Another surprisingly small factor in the industry's development was concern about the environment and sustainable energy. Although government subsidies and other public policies helped jump start large-scale R&D in wind... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
lucrative assignments—is likely to have a subtle effect on many practitioners' reactions to proposals for radical change. Moreover, the negative effects of bad patent policy are very diffuse, and very difficult to see and understand.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
pleasant surprises, simply because it has performed so poorly in recent years. The surprise election as President of the center-right opposition candidate Mauricio Macri last December resulted in significant policy shifts. He abolished... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Yelp restaurant reviews to target hygiene inspections? “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening” “There is all sorts of data that is coming in now,” says Luca, “and if you use it carefully you could revamp the way that every View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein, and Katharine L. Lee Abstract Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
who need them most, but unrestricted transfers might threaten the Internet's routing system. I suggest policies to create an IP address "market" while avoiding major negative externalities—mitigating the worst effects of v4... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
how these Americans spend their income tax refunds, using transaction-level data from a stored-value card product. Card-holders may choose among several tax settlement and loan options, effectively receiving... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Describes how Royal DSM NV, an $8 billion dollar global corporation, leveraged information technology to enable a major corporate portfolio transformation between 2000 and 2006. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807167... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
half of employees contribute to both the Roth and another 401(k) account, consistent with a tax diversification motive. Roth usage is decreasing in age, less likely among women, and only weakly correlated with salary and tenure once we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage By: Drake, David F. Abstract—Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the stringency of emissions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
Recovery Act of 1981, Congress increased (from 5% to 10%) the allowable corporate tax deduction for charitable contributions (Mills & Gardner, 1984). And even as a majority of states were adopting "other constituency... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
the impact of alternative policies governing the creation and use of digital information. This agenda focuses on the development of research to investigate the economics of digitization, to analyze the governance of intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
the interaction of the number and spacing of a family’s children with the pricing policies of the local school. This within-neighborhood variation in tuition prices allows us to control for unobserved determinants of demand with a fine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
from having opposing policy positions to rally around, and from, in effect, roping off the playing field from outside challengers who might outshine them. To understand how and why politics has become so disconnected from serving the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.041 August 2013 The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy By: Nanda, Ramana, Ken Younge, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
mitigation policies within its supply chain and in government policy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/caesars-entertainment-betting-on-sustainability/ Working Papers Market Reallocation and Knowledge Spillover: The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino