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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets
Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details
- 12 Oct 2020
- News
MBA/DBA Alum Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
news: He and fellow Stanford professor Paul Milgrom had won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics for their improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats. Milgrom had his phone in Do Not Disturb mode. Wilson, who lives... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- News
Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks
- Research Summary
Advertising and the Economics of Attention
Using novel technologies, such as eye- and face-tracking, to gauge attentional and emotional (facial) reactions to advertising, Professor Teixeira studies how advertising effectiveness can be optimized. Through complex statistical models of consumer response, he... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Voting Rules, Turnout, and Economic Policies
By: Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons and Jérôme Schäfer
In recent years, voter ID laws and convenience voting have generated heated partisan debates. To shed light on these policy issues, we survey the recent evidence on the institutional determinants and effects of voter turnout and broaden the perspective beyond the most... View Details
Cantoni, Enrico, Vincent Pons, and Jérôme Schäfer. "Voting Rules, Turnout, and Economic Policies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32941, September 2024.
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The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform
By: Tal Gross, Raymond Kluender, Feng Liu, Matthew J. Notowidigdo and Jialan Wang
A more generous consumer bankruptcy system provides greater insurance against financial risks but may also raise the cost of credit. We study this trade-off using the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), which increased the costs of... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act; Borrowing and Debt; Credit
Gross, Tal, Raymond Kluender, Feng Liu, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Jialan Wang. "The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform." American Economic Review 111, no. 7 (July 2021): 2309–2341.
- December 2020
- Supplement
Portugal - an Economic Recovery Plan
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Empirical Economics of Online Attention
By: Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein and Jeffrey Prince
In several markets, firms compete not for consumer expenditure but instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competition; Behavior; Resource Allocation; Household; Cognition and Thinking
Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince. "The Empirical Economics of Online Attention." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22427, July 2016.
- 2006
- Journal Article
Emerging Economic Models for Vulnerability Research
By: Frank Nagle and Michael Sutton
- January 1978
- Article
Families, Family Processes, and Economic Life
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships
Kanter, R. M. "Families, Family Processes, and Economic Life." Supplementary Issue. American Journal of Sociology 82 (January 1978). (Also in Turning Points: Historical and Sociological Essays on the Family, edited by S. Boocock and J. Demos. University of Chicago Press, 1978.)
- 29 Jun 2025
- News
America’s Economic Data Are Becoming Murkier
- 02 Apr 2025
- HBS Seminar
Lydia Assouad, London School of Economics
- 08 Nov 2023
- HBS Seminar
Ye Zhang, Stockholm School of Economics
- 30 Mar 2022
- HBS Seminar
Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics
- 29 Nov 2017
- HBS Seminar
Daniel Paravisini, London School of Economics
- 05 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
- Research Summary
Survivorship and the Economic Grim Reaper
Robert E. Kennedy and George P. Baker III are studying the long-term equity market performance of firms that are no longer public entities. Firms are delisted for a variety of reasons, including liquidation, merger, and leveraged buyout. Although the short-term... View Details
- 2006
- Chapter
Monetary Stability and Structural Economic Reform
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Monetary Stability and Structural Economic Reform." Chap. 4 in Enhancing Market Functions in Japan, edited by N. Yoshino, S. Inukai, and N. Tamaki, 117–150. Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2006.
- Nov 2013
- Lecture
Institutionalist Economics and Managed Competition, 1920-1940
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Institutionalist Economics and Managed Competition, 1920-1940." Lecture at the Legal History Workshop, University of Michigan Law School, November 2013.
- Forthcoming
- Chapter
Economic Models for Software Vulnerability Research
By: Frank Nagle and Michael Sutton