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- 2020
- Working Paper
Prioritarianism and Optimal Taxation
By: Matti Tuomala and Matthew C. Weinzierl
Prioritarianism has been at the center of the formal approach to optimal tax theory since its modern starting point in Mirrlees (1971), but most theorists’ use of it is motivated by tractability rather than explicit normative reasoning. We characterize analytically and... View Details
Keywords: Prioritarianism; Optimal Taxation; Utilitarianism; Redistribution; Inverse-optimum; Taxation; Theory
Tuomala, Matti, and Matthew C. Weinzierl. "Prioritarianism and Optimal Taxation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, December 2020.
- November 1989 (Revised June 1991)
- Background Note
Facts and Figures on Defense Procurement: The Department of Defense and Defense Procurement, An Overview
By: Robert L. Simons
Provides statistics and other factual information on the Department of Defense procurement process, DOD expenditures, market share segmentation, the variety of contract types, and the role of the Defense Contract Audit Agency. View Details
Keywords: National Security
Simons, Robert L. "Facts and Figures on Defense Procurement: The Department of Defense and Defense Procurement, An Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-060, November 1989. (Revised June 1991.)
- February 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Deferred Taxes and the Valuation Allowance at Lucent Technologies, Inc. (A)
The concept of deferred tax accounting is introduced, along with examples to demonstrate the balance sheet perspective of FAS #109. View Details
Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Deferred Taxes and the Valuation Allowance at Lucent Technologies, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 103-064, February 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- 2001
- Chapter
The Two Chinas in the Global Setting: Sino-Soviet and Sino-American Cooperation in the 1950s
By: William C. Kirby
Kirby, William C. "The Two Chinas in the Global Setting: Sino-Soviet and Sino-American Cooperation in the 1950s." In Re-examining the Cold War: U.S. China Diplomacy, 1954-1973, edited by Robert Ross, 25–46. Cambridge: Harvard University, Asia Center, 2001.
- December 2002
- Book Review
Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr.
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "Review of International Taxation and Multinational Activity edited by J.R. Hines, Jr." National Tax Journal 55, no. 4 (December 2002): 845–848.
- January 1991
- Teaching Note
Honeywell, Inc.: International Organization for Commercial Avionics (A) and (B), Teaching Note
- February 1990 (Revised May 1992)
- Teaching Note
Internal Revenue Service: ACS, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-490-042). View Details
Keywords: Government Administration
- 1992
- Chapter
Rethinking America's Security: The Primacy of the Domestic Agenda
By: James K. Sebenius and Peter G. Peterson
- 15 Apr 2011
- News
Students Hear Wall St. Critics
Phil Angelides, a California state treasurer for eight years, is no stranger to big money and politics. But as chairman of Congress’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission looking into the 2008 Wall Street collapse, he was shocked. “I am no View Details
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of trading partners as a problem... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2009
- Working Paper
Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910
By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This paper examines the effect of government intervention via taxation on domestic welfare. A case-study of Brazilian market power on rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Welfare or Wellbeing; Rubber Industry; Brazil
Fernandes, Felipe Tamega. "Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-032, October 2009.
- October 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness, The: Sweden Inc. for Sale?
By: Huw Pill, Petter Johnsson, Ola Nordquist and Ingrid Vogel
The Swedish Model--sometimes presented as a third way between savage capitalism and unrealistic socialism--was much lauded in the 1960s. It was viewed as a strategy that addressed social concerns while supporting economic growth. However, the financial and currency... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Welfare; Government and Politics; Taxation; Competition; Public Administration Industry; Sweden
Pill, Huw, Petter Johnsson, Ola Nordquist, and Ingrid Vogel. "Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness, The: Sweden Inc. for Sale?" Harvard Business School Case 703-019, October 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
Washington isn’t broken. It’s thriving. The real problem is that our political system benefits the major political parties and their industry allies—not the people it was designed to serve. That’s according... View Details
- April 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Unemployment in France: "Priority Number One"
By: David A. Moss
Explores the problem of French unemployment on the eve of the presidential elections of 1995. Traces the development of social and economic policies under President Mitterrand and surveys leading explanations for the nation's mounting unemployment crisis. One major... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Economics; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Social Issues; Wages; France
Moss, David A. Unemployment in France: "Priority Number One". Harvard Business School Case 795-064, April 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- Web
Louis-Philippe, "King of the French" - 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
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
school years and more recently at Nickelodeon’s strategy department, Patel realized he (like many others) had been consuming media that only confirmed his own political bias and, in so doing, had failed to get the full picture of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog
What are the opportunities and risks for businesses in Taiwan, as "greater China" becomes integrated economically but with greater tension politically and militarily? In short, where is China going—economically and politically—and what... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine
Growing up in Washington, DC, David Bradley (MBA 1977) aspired to be a politician, not a businessman, but figured he should have a strong financial base in order to launch his political career. In 1979, he formed the Research Counsel of... View Details