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  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Reinventing Savings Bonds

Keywords: by Peter Tufano & Daniel Schneider; Financial Services
  • Web

Faculty & Research

bias with naive beliefs. The government chooses mandatory contributions to accounts, each with a different pre-retirement withdrawal penalty. Collected penalties are rebated lump sum. When households have homogeneous present bias, , the... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Law & Economics: The Case of the Federal Radio Commission in 1927 Authors:David A. Moss, Jonathan B. Lackow Abstract In the study of law and economics, there is a danger that historical inferences from theory may infect historical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2002
  • Background Note

Telecommunications Act of 1996, The

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Daniel J. Green
Reed Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, reflects on the passage and implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The act was intended to stimulate competition and innovation in the telecommunications sector. Its provisions were of... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Policy; Business Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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  • 20 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

Psychological Science Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? By: Benartzi, Shlomo, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J. Congdon, and Steven Galing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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  • “The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • October 1990 (Revised March 1993)
  • Background Note

Note on Cable Television Regulation

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Examines the evolution of the U.S. cable television industry since its inception in the early 1950s. Particular emphasis is given to the roles played by technology, consumer demand, and regulation at both the local and federal level. Designed to facilitate a conceptual... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Demand and Consumers; Government Legislation; Business Growth and Maturation; Monopoly; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • March 2018 (Revised February 2020)
  • Teaching Note

Improving Access at VA

By: Ryan W. Buell and Robert S. Huckman
In 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ran the largest healthcare system in the United States, with over 1,700 sites of care that served nearly 9 million veterans. One year earlier, a scandal had erupted over a cover-up of the excessive wait times veterans... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Service Delivery; Social Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Performance Improvement; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
In a platform-mediated network, users rely on a common platform, provided by one or more intermediaries, that encompasses infrastructure and rules required by users to transact with each other. A fundamental design decision for firms that aspire to develop... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Digital Platforms; Infrastructure; Competition; Cooperation; Information Infrastructure
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Business Economics - Doctoral

Business Economics From corporate finance, industrial organization, and international business, to markets, competition, and government regulation, HBS doctoral students in Business Economics delve into some of the most pressing and... View Details

    Peter Tufano

    Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

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    • 2021
    • Article

    Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)

    By: Sabine Pitteloud
    While multinationals are emblematic economic actors driving the current globalization process through the organization of production in global value chains, they appear to be important political actors as well. This article provides an historical perspective on such... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Corporation; Lobbying; Investor Protection; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Governance
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    • 19 Jul 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

    governor of that state now had a stake in the success of these particular business enterprises," says Maurer. "If the federal government tried to unilaterally renegotiate the deal, it would affect... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • June 2002 (Revised October 2002)
    • Case

    Renewing Germany: Kohl's Legacy and Schroder's Dilemma

    By: Huw Pill, Michael Linse, Marie-Anne Popp and Ingrid Vogel
    The German economy has long been seen as the locomotive of European (and, on occasion, global) growth. Germany appeared to weather the stagflation of the 1970s more successfully than many other economies, and reunification in 1990 appeared to present opportunities for... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Economy; Policy; Germany
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    • 18 Dec 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: December 18

    the late nineteenth century, and its evolving forms as governments intervened in markets after 1945. Rich joined Philipp Brothers, then the largest commodity trader, in 1954. He formed his own firm two decades later. He was instrumental... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Legislators' Demand for Firms' Financial Statements: Evidence from U.S. Congressional Redistricting Events

    By: Matthew Ma, Jing Pan, Ethan Rouen and Laura Wellman
    We investigate whether U.S. House representatives and their staff seek financial information from constituent firms to inform their legislative decisions. We exploit shifts in U.S. congressional districts (i.e., the reconfiguration of federal district lines or... View Details
    Keywords: Redistricting; Lobbying; Legislators; Voting Behavior; Corporate Disclosure; Government Legislation; Voting; Behavior
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    • March 2015
    • Article

    Monetary Policy and Long-Term Real Rates

    By: Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein
    Changes in monetary policy have surprisingly strong effects on forward real rates in the distant future. A 100 basis point increase in the two-year nominal yield on a Federal Open Markets Committee announcement day is associated with a 42 basis point increase in the... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Interest Rates; Economics
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    Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided

    Five years of research from Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project, as well as the findings from the 2016 surveys on US competitiveness, present a sobering picture of the deep structural challenges facing the United States. The US needs a national... View Details

      John A. Quelch

      John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

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