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  • 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

  PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility functions that permit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia

Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That's been the experience of Harvard Business School professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

between this potentially measurable statistic and the quantitative implications of preference heterogeneity for policy. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272715000134 May 2015 Kumbh Mela, January... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

aggregation of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in over-accumulation of debt. Calibrating this parameter with values in the literature, the model can reproduce debt... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

listens in closely to the phenomenon of "conversational blindness"—listeners' failure to notice such dodges and to socially punish transgressors unless the attempts are egregious. "More troublingly, listeners preferred... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

searches.) Studies show that customers prefer waiting when the work being done is transparent—even when the waits are longer or the results are no better than those obtained with shorter waits. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 May 2013
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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
  • 22 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

investment horizons make them willing to accept takeover offers that do not fully recognize the overall value of the target—a merger at a low price is preferred to no merger at all. Another question that interests us is what the role of... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 22 Feb 2016
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The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

was trying to fix prices. This is antithetical to how most Americans think of the US market operating,” says Sawyer, an assistant professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit who previously held the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services
  • 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

deep conviction that Islamism could not provide an effective model of governance in the twentieth century and therefore would collapse of its own accord within months after the Islamists seized power. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Oct 2016
  • News

Smart Moves

lot of our business involves selling the data we gather to governments and corporations.” In fact, much of what INRIX has achieved is classic disruption, taking over the roadway data gathering and analysis that previously was done by... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation
  • 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/consumers-corporations-and-public-health-9780190235123?facet_narrowbytype_facet=Books%20for%20Courses&lang=3n&cc=us# 2016 Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed

members of the Fed pay attention to media speculation? How do they deal with a situation where the speculation is going in the wrong direction and will likely result in a “surprise” to the markets when announced? Would they prefer to... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
  • 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

self-report of a licensee. Self-reporting gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit strategy choice by the licensor. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with substantial independence like UK academies and U.S. charters) have significantly higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

standard results on double marginalization and pricing of complementary goods, a platform that already has exclusive access to content may prefer to relinquish control over pricing and associated revenues from the content to the content... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

That’s actually good news because it’s harder to change people’s taste preferences than it is beliefs,” says Minor, joking that he’s been trying to change his daughter’s food tastes for years. Minor used a survey pool of 7,000... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details
Keywords: ask the expert; Finance
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

disproportionate share of power. In the past few decades, as legislation that put controls on Wall Street was largely undone, the size and profits of the financial sector grew enormously. That increased its influence, particularly its ability to sway the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

Norway, cartels received support from the Norwegian government when they were deemed to be beneficial to Norwegian economic interests. The legislation was used to foster the development of domestic cartels, while at the same time it was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne