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- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
connections (measured as campaign donations to politicians who won an election). Yet, we do not find evidence that BNDES is systematically bailing out firms. In general, BNDES appears to be generally selecting firms with capacity to repay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
cards a valid one? For example, do these incentives actually serve as a motivation? Would people work less hard if you didn't have them? Our argument is that we don't think so. How much is enough in terms of pay? Q: The feeling in the popular press and amongst many... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
the country in a very short amount of time.” While it has already been approached by politicians and leaders from across the country who want EMRI to expand emergency response in their home districts, EMRI’s leaders have been careful to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
and unambiguous research, he makes clear the devastating consequences of growing up poor: living in poverty, even temporarily, is detrimental to cognitive abilities, emotional control, and the overall health of children. The cost to society is incalculable. The... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
caution could easily become a consensus of autarky and insulation. Q: The article discusses at length the success of the EU in terms of monetary policy, but how do you feel about complaints by some EU nation politicians that adopting the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Second, several politicians have argued that, differently from the experience of historical European immigrants to the US, new immigrant waves don’t assimilate. In fascinating work, summarized in their recent book, Abramitzky and Boustan... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
have often proved highly productive in policy terms, delivering the best ideas from both sides. In the 1840s, for instance, state politicians who were deeply skeptical of government pushed hard for balanced budget amendments while View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
and can influence the effectiveness of the strategy. These include teachers, principals and their unions, parents, school boards, community and advocacy groups, and local politicians and policymakers, among others. Managing stakeholder... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Southern leaders. On August 19, he drafted a potentially momentous letter to a Democratic politician and newspaper editor, ending the communication with this proposition: “If Jefferson Davis wishes...to know what I would do if he were to... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
that diverse views are well represented, and if politicians and regulators cannot be easily captured, then this shareholder-return view of political engagement is unlikely to reduce social welfare in the aggregate and thus damage the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
on these issues. We are stuck now, not only in the United States but in many European countries, in a polarized polemic in which pundits and politicians alike suggest to us that the essential question of political economy is one of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
arena,” Baer explains. “We’re still in the early stages, but a project such as this could create a vibrant new neighborhood and be of strong economic benefit to the region.” When he talks about the city, Baer can sound more like a View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
rights? When will the division of policy authority across different government agents (e.g., federal and subnational governments, or politicians and bureaucrats) enable better policy decisions? And what are the consequences of... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
percent of its profit origins, 77 percent of its shareholder base, and 66 percent of its employees were based outside France. Trade unions and left-wing politicians were especially critical, as they were not used to seeing companies... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Bakoyannis, serves in parliament and was mayor of Athens during the 2004 Summer Olympics—a position now held by her son, Kostas. Dora’s first husband, the politician Pavlos Bakoyannis, was assassinated in 1989 by members of the militant... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley was 40 years old, on a 13-hour flight to Asia. (“It’s really dangerous to leave a man that age alone with too much time to think,” he says.) His dream of becoming a politician was over, he realized, but media could offer a... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
Credit: malerapaso For as much as American politicians and their constituents complain about taxes, the truth is that tax reform packages to address those complaints are rare—the last major reform of the tax code was passed in 1986 under... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
where he specialized in white-collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation. Professor Sullivan still maintains an appellate and trial practice. He has represented persons ranging from politicians to professional athletes to... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
$2.8 trillion via dividends—$7 trillion in total. These shareholder payouts amounted to over 96% of the firms' net income. Academics, corporate lawyers, asset managers, and politicians point to such shareholder-payout figures as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman