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- 11 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
LAMAGNA: A fondness for novelty and gadgets, but a commitment to politics and public policy as well. Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) says he’s writing a memoir titled Failing to Get Ahead, the Washington Post (May 30, 2008) reported. “It’s pretty... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
Soaring COVID-19 cases are forcing government officials to confront a critical question: Should they lock down the economy further? Whether to curb activities like indoor dining might seem like a simple choice, but the decision to ease restrictions can send a powerful... View Details
- 05 Feb 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) Introductions
- 16 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound
- 14 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his mom performed a series of odd... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
When Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria first moved from India to the United States more than 30 years ago, he was impressed with how well the highways and airports hummed along in this country. Yet Nohria said in recent years he has visited other countries with... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Carry Trade and Exchange-Rate Regimes
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Fabio Kanczuk
- 03 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Tax Policy and the Efficiency of US Direct Investment Abroad
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column devolved into a debate about the division of responsibility among institutions faced with the potential for a national bankruptcy. The majority argued that such bankruptcies shouldn't be permitted, largely because of immense... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy
- 16 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity
- 28 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning
- 22 Jul 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?
- 18 Jun 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification
- 03 Oct 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing
Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
Fifty-three years ago, Judge Harold Medina dismissed charges brought by the Justice Department against seventeen leading investment banks. A case built up over a decade of investigations and almost three years of trial collapsed when the government was unable to show... View Details
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
The ills of the U.S. healthcare system are well chronicled—soaring costs, low customer satisfaction, increasing problems with quality, and restricted coverage lead the list. But do we really understand the underlying issues well enough to write a prescription? In their... View Details