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- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
unethical. In four experiments, participants wore purportedly fake or authentically branded sunglasses. Those wearing fake sunglasses cheated more across multiple tasks than did participants wearing authentic sunglasses, both when they believed they had a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
allocated. Clickstream data was provided by ComScore, an audience measurement firm. In the development of the internet, 2008 and 2013 were landmark years. Netflix and Hulu began offering streaming services in 2008, and YouTube videos were... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
health insurance. Every year, they have to review alternative health insurance plans, make risk-return tradeoffs, and choose the ones they prefer for themselves and their families. In Japan and Western Europe, most citizens receive their... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
of the modern neo-liberal regime. No PDF is available for download at this time. Social Categories and Minimizing Joint Gains: An Ethical Dilemma? Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, and Dale T. Miller Abstract People prefer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
(IMM), a measure of the social value created by a company per equity dollar invested. If a company fails to meet the IMM threshold, Rise will not invest in it. The case finds McGlashan and Maya Chorengel (HBS MBA ’97), Rise’s senior... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
management practices such as performance-based promotion. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-052.pdf Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials Author:William R. Kerr... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-067.pdf Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences Author: Hanna W. Halaburda Abstract This paper investigates the causes and welfare consequences of unravelling in two-sided... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
adopting a traditional business model. We show that the value of business model innovation may be so substantial that an incumbent may prefer to compete in a duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
but comparatively little is known about how or why such transaction networks differ. This article investigates the transaction networks of two large sectors in Japan at a single point in time. In characterizing these networks, our primary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
Finally, the long-run risks model implies extremely low yields and negative-term premia on inflation-indexed bonds. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14788 Measuring the Financial Sophistication of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in firms with larger dividend payouts. This relation between the tax View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
have preferences over relative outcomes, we derive predictions about the antecedents and consequences of dividing equity equally among all founders. Using proprietary survey data, we empirically test the predictions. Our central finding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
IEEE Security & Privacy Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Subramanian Abstract We measure the value of shareholder proxy access by using a recent development in the ability of shareholders to nominate candidates for board seats. We use the SEC's October 4, 2010 announcement that it would... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from first-scheduled, first-served in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
officials. Distrust in the government increases the preferred tax rate on the top 1% only when business legitimacy is low. A model with multiple equilibria helps interpret these findings. In one of the equilibria, meetings are allowed,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
do exactly what they're told and disregard every other consideration. While a human would have understood that the sites' designers wanted to maximize quality as measured by clicks, the algorithms maximized clicks at the expense of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for roughly a quarter of U.S. workers in these fields, and they have a similar contribution in terms of output measures like patents or firm starts. This contribution has been rapidly growing over the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
populations. While we have considerable evidence that donors are more generous if they know their assistance benefits a preferred group, we know little about the demand for such information. To start closing this gap, we study transfers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Authors:Chung, Doug J. Abstract I measure the spillover effect of intercollegiate athletics on the quantity and quality of applicants to institutions of higher education in the United States, popularly known as the "Flutie... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne