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  • 08 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

required to disclose any whiff of misbehavior to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), an independent monitoring organization regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A research team examined those records to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn Reynolds Abstract—Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases conversion rates from brand name... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

redistributive across sectors, as exporters would have tax losses as far as the eye can see and importers would have much larger taxes due, unless exchange rates adjust to neutralize these changes in... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

misplace their trust nor refrain from trusting when doing so would have been beneficial), especially when they must do so rapidly and in the absence of an exchange history. Put simply, we have little understanding of what drives the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future? Austin Brown comments: Cryptocurrencies also have no inherent value in and of themselves, so the big question here is whether or not they are actually a good mechanism by which to exchange... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created by... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

has seen the information exchange work very well. Horowitz said the company's music division has been collecting personalized song ratings from users for years. Over time, users can create a personalized... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

with higher level of CEO pay, greater emphasis on incentive-based compensation, and smaller pay gap with U.S. firms. Using a sample of CEOs of UK firms and using both broad cross-sectional and narrow event-window tests, we find that capital market relationship in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

rate return in exchange for a high social return. A key expectation, then, is related to the social or environmental benefit these investments will produce. The member survey indicates that IC members expect... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

spanning the careers of 3,884 academic life scientists. Using a combination of discrete time hazard rate models and fixed effects logistic models, we find that patenting events are preceded by a flurry of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

2000s. We also point to structural factors about renewable energy that have caused the availability of venture capital finance for renewable energy to fall dramatically in recent years, with potential implications for the rate and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

investors are placing a premium on green bonds and are willing to accept a lower rate of return in exchange for the environmental benefits. Given the typical duration of municipal bonds, this yield... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration
  • August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
  • Supplement

Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins
Second case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to a devaluation of the Bolivar? View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela
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  • January 1996 (Revised February 1998)
  • Case

Japan's Automakers Face Endaka

By: Debora L. Spar
In April 1995, the Japanese yen hit a post-World War II high against the U.S. dollar. The yen's relentless ascent affected firms on both sides of the Pacific, but fell particularly hard on Japan's big four automakers. This case explores how endaka--or"high... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Macroeconomics; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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  • 07 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts

tweaked the website, the overall sales conversion rate for buyers actually went up by as much as 23 percent, meaning that customers weren’t just buying higher-priced items, rather, they were buying more items overall. When Teixeira and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 25 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

toward an unknown," Kanter explains in her blog post. "There will be questions about Windows 8," Kanter says. "Will it work? Will it help me? Will this require further upgrades as Microsoft fixes the bugs? People might... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products
  • September 2012 (Revised July 2013)
  • Case

Can the Eurozone Survive?

By: Dante Roscini and Jonathan Schlefer
The sovereign debt crisis that took Greece by storm in 2010 began to spread to other European markets. Within a few months Ireland and Portugal had also lost access to the sovereign debt markets and had to rely on supranational loans for their financing. The risk of... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Debt Crisis; Currency Areas; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Currency Exchange Rate; International Relations; Banking Industry; European Union; Germany; France; Italy; Spain; Greece; Portugal
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  • September 2008
  • Case

Samoa Tala

By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena
This case examines currency risks faced by Microfinance Institutions, and evaluates strategies to hedge them in countries with pegged currency regimes and no derivatives markets. An MFI based in Western Samoa borrows in different currencies like the US dollar and the... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Currency Exchange Rate; Microfinance; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; Samoa
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  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved quality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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