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- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
in all cases that we consider, the welfare gains of using optimal capital taxes are small. Download the paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w16619 A Behavioral Model of Demandable Deposits and Its Implications View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
ensure that buyers and sellers who don’t know each other trust that the transactions will be safe and of high quality? This is the fundamental role of online platforms: aggregating information that is useful View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two types of customers: waste generators who pay for waste... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that in Brazilian states that exported commodities that were in high in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
The imperial encounter with political economy was neither uniform across political, economic, cultural, and religious constellations nor static across time. The contributions collected in this volume address, with undeniable pertinence View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Stevenson’s Own
Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Related Links The House that Howard Built The four key ingredients, for individuals and organizations A careful definition of available opportunities Is there a demand out there... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and conducting experiments involving actual salespeople. The findings from this new wave of research support some current compensation practices but call others into question. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Final presentations and final farewells
our internships and to provide honest feedback and suggestions. Sephora, and luxury goods in general are not areas where we will see the demand for MBAs in droves, nor is there necessarily that need.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
demand-side recession or depression. Producers (businesses) realize they’re going to have less demand for their products in the future, so they start contracting their operations. That means laying people... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
phenomenon in a series of six experiments, testing whether it is possible to write one in such a way to make a customer feel more safe rather than less safe. In one experiment, for example, they presented... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
a mountain of cash — 40 to 50 percent of Baupost’s $14 billion–plus in assets — for several years, the firm’s recent investments have cut its cash stash in half. Distress selling, it seems, breeds the kind... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, American Express, and Uber extending work-from-home policies well into 2021 and beyond, the reality of remote work is here to stay. Touching on issues of trust, productivity, and digital tools for connection and... View Details
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
Grushka-Cockayne Abstract—We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
an asset manager/investor, advisor or private individual, or indirectly as an entrepreneur or operator receiving investment capital. The course will also provide important learnings for students looking to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
to be a bit cautious, however. When the level of public debt is high, investors demand for short-term safe securities is most likely satiated, meaning that there is not much... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
the Euro. The First Ten Years, 149-178. Madrid, Spain: Banco de España, 2010 Abstract This article explores the demand for the euro for risk management purposes and the... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability By: Cole, Shawn A., and A. Nilesh Fernando Abstract—We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
three-time increase in cov-lite issuance compared to a previous peak in 2007. We evaluate whether this development can be attributed to market overheating, increased borrower demand for cov-lite loans, or a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne