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January 2004
Supplement

Macroeconomic Policy and the State of the U.S. Economy, 2003

By: David A. Moss

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Economy; United States

12 Oct 2008 - 15 Oct 2008
Conference Presentation

A Design-Centric View of the Economy (and the Financial Crisis)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Keywords: Design; Economics; Financial Crisis

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

students) with real-world experience, one-on-one coaching relationships, a project-oriented curriculum, and time—appear to make it much less economically practical and effective to do it outside the job. Given the natural allure and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Research Summary

Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? (joint with Andrew Charlton)

By: Laura Alfaro

In this paper we distinguish different qualities of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. Establishing the quality of FDI, however, is a difficult concept. Quality, that is the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth, is a combination and... View Details

October 1977 (Revised October 1980)
Case

Japan (D2): A Strategy for Meeting the Problems of Growth

By: Bruce R. Scott and Audrey T. Sproat

Keywords: Economic Growth; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Japan

Abstract

Using detailed data on recipients of bachelor's degrees from MIT between 2006 and 2012, I examine the selection of students into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with... View Details

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

cases escalate, tariffs placed on Chinese exports by former President Trump. This move is emblematic of a global turn toward protectionism and trade restrictions in the last decade. Businesses have taken diverse approaches in adapting to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

May 1984
Article

Interpreting the Statistical Failures of Some Rational Expectations Macroeconomic Models

By: J. J. Rotemberg

Keywords: Macroeconomics

Article

An Optimization-based Econometric Framework for the Evaluation of Monetary Policy

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Michael Woodford

Keywords: Framework; Mathematical Methods; Money; Policy

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

called upon to play increasingly broader roles. Let me start my analysis with the barrel. I think our economic system has proven phenomenally successful at bringing growth, innovation, productivity, and a rising standard View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

including emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. This list will continue to grow. A by-product of the intertwining of globalization and technology enabled networks is that events are no longer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett

The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry

16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

paper was written by Nikhil Naik, a Prize Fellow at Harvard University; Scott Duke Kominers, the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor; Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

1968
Mimeo

Restrictions on Rational Option Pricing: A Set of Arbitrage Conditions

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Stock Options; Valuation; Trade

December 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Technical Note

A Guide to the Vocabulary, Evolution, and Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

By: Shane Greenstein, Nathaniel Lovin, Scott Wallsten, Kerry Herman and Susan Pinckney

A note on the vocabulary, evolution, and impact of AI. View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Software; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry

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18 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy

Keywords: by Hao Chen and Meg Rithmire

May 2022
Article

Coins for Bombs: The Predictive Ability of On-Chain Transfers for Terrorist Attacks

By: Dan Amiram, Evgeny Lyandres and Daniel Rabetti

This study examines whether we can learn from the behavior of blockchain-based transfers to predict the financing of terrorist attacks. We exploit blockchain transaction transparency to map millions of transfers for hundreds of large on-chain service providers. The... View Details

Keywords: Blockchain; Bitcoin; Accounting; AI and Machine Learning; National Security; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

obtaining full disclosure, and in general exercising oversight in such relationships. Coase's ideas were thought to be so valuable that they earned him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991. One of the most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2007
Working Paper

The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study

By: Ben Greiner, Axel Ockenfels and Peter Werner

We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with equal endowments, but decreases... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Performance Efficiency; Trust; Economics