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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 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
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
tax savings. We find that 2,281 top executives strategically realized their built-in capital gains prior to the tax hikes to save nearly $741 million in personal taxes in 2012.... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
So on the one hand, the political policy is to extend credit; on the other, the government-owned enterprises (Fannie and Freddie Mac) are trying to narrow the credit box because they so afraid of incurring a loss. Q: View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
shareholders. These results suggest that the domestic operations of U.S. multinationals were not financially constrained and that these firms were reasonably well-governed. The results have important implications for understanding the impact of U.S. corporate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
fashion, Stella McCartney shows that a luxury brand can be sustainable. Professor Anat Keinan discusses her case on the fashion icon. Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy Mihir... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 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
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
change initiatives-Predictability, Teaming and Open Communication, and Results Only Work Environment-that alter the structure and culture of work in ways that enable better work and better lives. August 2013 Tax Administration Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
be headquartered in England in order to achieve a lower corporate tax rate. The British government favored the merger as it would boost the high-priority life sciences sector, but little attention was paid to whether the integration of... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
fewer corporate profits being channeled into subsequent domestic investments when the U.S. tax rate is relatively higher, leading to lower economic growth. Our findings have implications for policy setters.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 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
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
is down, therefore basket size is down—so everybody in the mall is affected by traffic being down. If you have two or three major traffic-driving tenants in trouble, this affects the entire mall. This then creates a domino effect in the entire community in terms of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
general emergence of modern business enterprise in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Many governmental policies after 1945 designed to facilitate catch-up ended up crippling such emergent business enterprises without putting effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
policies that a great majority of those in the private sector agree are necessary. They defy labels—they're not Republican or Democratic, not liberal or conservative policies. Almost everybody agrees we've got to simplify the corporate... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
Egyptians. There are still many problems that need to be solved, including whether enough high-quality schools can be built fast enough, and tax structures that reward leaving construction sites a mess of rubble and buildings unfinished,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract 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
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
income taxation. I show analytically how age dependence improves policy on both the intratemporal and intertemporal margins. I use detailed numerical simulations, calibrated with data from the U.S. PSID, to generate robust View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne