Politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

1985
Chapter

Food Policy

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Government and Politics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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January 1982
Background Note

Canadian Constitution Amendment Scheme

By: Elon Kohlberg

Keywords: Game Theory; Government and Politics; Canada

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02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

down" and "bottom up" provisions, the product of a political compromise. Some would claim that markets that were too free and not sufficiently regulated got us into this mess. That will be a topic of debate (not unlike the one that led to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Love and Money - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

from Fort Worth’s southern suburbs to Crawford, Waco, and east to College Station, home of Texas A&M University and the presidential library of Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush. Political analysts rank Texas 17 as the nation’s most... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

As Time magazine's national political correspondent, Karen Tumulty counts among her confidants some of the country's most powerful and influential people. But that doesn't mean she's forgotten her days at the San Antonio Light, where she... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Business Administration An expert in business-government relations and the politics of international commerce, Debora Spar joined the HBS faculty in 1991 and presently chairs the Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) unit.... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Nov 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Forecasting Airport Transfer Passenger Flow Using Real-Time Data and Machine Learning

Keywords: by Xiaojia Guo, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, and Bert De Reyck; Air Transportation; Travel

03 Feb 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Regulator Leniency and Mispricing in Beneficent Nonprofits

Keywords: by Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan & Frank Moers

17 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer & Petia Topalova

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

Discussions about the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan are frequent these days, with an emphasis on the importance of post-war security. But what's usually missing is an even more difficult consideration—that embattled country's economy. A recent conference at... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

10 Dec 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Vulnerable Banks

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Augustin Landier & David Thesmar; Banking; Financial Services

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any time a publicly traded company... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their short-term financing. Some researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

22 Dec 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Future Lock-in: Or, I’ll Agree to Do the Right Thing...Next Week

Keywords: by Todd Rogers & Max H. Bazerman

18 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language

Does the federal deficit matter? Oceans of ink track and report this monster tally (current estimates for fiscal year 2006 stand at $260 billion), yet Jerry Green of Harvard Business School and Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Boston University contend that the deficit and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

The United States and Germany remain atop the latest Business Competitiveness Index, with China continuing to slip in the rankings while India ascends, according to a report released from Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. In addition... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne