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  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Age-Dependent Taxes Author:Matthew C. Weinzierl Publication:Review of Economic Studies 78, no. 4 (October 2011) Abstract This article provides a new, empirically driven application of the dynamic Mirrleesian framework by studying a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2007 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Eric D. Werker and Renee Kim
At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to relieve the world's poorest countries' debt burdens and double aid to Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; International Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Welfare; Africa
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  • 17 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

companies tend to look out for the welfare of their employees in such an effective fashion. The impact of this at the national level can be seen from the Japanese people's response to previous crises, including the earthquake in Kobe in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
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Propel

By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah McAra
In 2014, Jimmy Chen, a former product manager at Facebook, founded the start-up Propel to build software for low-income Americans. After conducting in-depth behavioral research, Chen and his small team in New York City began to develop technology to address the... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; Food Stamps; EBT; Mobile App; User Research; Financial Services Referrals; Grocery Marketing; Customer Discovery; Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Business Model; Research; Social Enterprise; Poverty; Welfare; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

instead of participating in negotiated exchange offers. This paper critically examines this claim and argues that the incentives for holdout litigation are limited because of (1) significant constraints on creditor litigation, (2) substantial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 17, 2007

addressed by recent studies. They argue that business groups are responses to different economic conditions and that, from a welfare standpoint, they can sometimes be "paragons" and, at other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

Trumbull, that unfettered marketplace has "virtually disappeared." "Today, arguably no other economic actor in the advanced industrial countries—not the investor, not the worker, not the welfare... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 07 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

serious implications that go beyond the question of the best approach for leaders. The preference for anecdote over stats can fuel misinformation on issues ranging from climate change to welfare reform, Graeber says. “There is now a... View Details
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

and other forms of innovation. We also propose a research agenda to systematically address the social welfare implications of financial innovation. To complement existing empirical and theoretical methods, we propose that scholars examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

with Incomplete Information Author:Lucy White Periodical:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 16, no. 2 (summer 2007): 507-535 Abstract We investigate the robustness of the new foreclosure doctrine and its associated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

contribution to Asia's economic progress and the characteristics (and limitations) of a leading university, Professor Emeritus Daniel Quinn Mills lays out his recommendations for building a world-class university in Asia, including how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

afflicting a city require a high capability for analyzing problems, delineating strategies, and ensuring implementation," says Austin. "These problems require an understanding of economic development and the capacity to mobilize and... View Details
Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate
  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

pollution, the redevelopment promises enormous health and social welfare improvements by providing sanitation, safe drinking water, and basic services to Dharavi's residents. Realizing these benefits will depend on first rate design that... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Sep 2020
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Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

Economic growth rates are much more stable and social welfare much higher under inclusive regimes: societies in which the free market is balanced by a democratically elected, capable government and a strong... View Details
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule to not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

When participation costs are large relative to the volume of traffic an ad platform can offer, an advertiser may forego use of an ad platform that the advertiser otherwise finds profitable. Mergers between ad platforms can increase advertiser View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

sixteenth to nineteenth century prints on money and finance from which this exhibit is drawn was given to the Kress Library of Business and Economics in 1975 by the New York firm of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder. It was generously presented... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

welfare enhancing. In this case, the net cost of both contracting directly on an aggregate measure and exploiting career incentives based on disaggregated measures is smaller than the cost of contracting directly on disaggregate measures.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the local industrial plant also affected the social and economic welfare of the wider community. Documenting the Wartime Effort Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences Labor Practices: Footnotes 31... View Details