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  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

confirm our results that states with commodities that had higher price increases had lower risk premia. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-027.pdf Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

the US economy? A: The immediate direct impact on the real economy is measurable but modest. About 800,000 people are now taking unpaid days off, and they are generally people of middle- or upper-middle- class incomes, so they are spenders who will have to cut back on... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-043.pdf An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the reduction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

consumers. One view argues intermediaries provide valuable product education and guide consumers towards suitable products. Consumers understand how commissions affect agents' incentives and make optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the reduction of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

Authors:Marco Bertini, Dan Ariely, and Elie Ofek Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract The research presented in this article provides evidence that add-on features sold to enhance a product can be more than just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products. This theoretical prediction is based on unraveling arguments, which require that consumers hold correct beliefs about non-disclosed information.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

policy with two key features: (i) the central bank has private information about its long-run target for the policy rate and (ii) the central bank is averse to bond-market volatility. In this setting, discretionary monetary policy is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50237 Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management By: Stein, Luke C.D., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We document that firms report more negative discretionary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

firm's future value, the firm reports more negative discretionary accruals. Stock-price responses to earnings surprises are moderated when firm-level uncertainty is high, consistent with performance being attributed more to luck rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

  PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

the optimal capital requirement is around 20%. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51305 The Empirical Economics of Online Attention By: Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince Abstract—In several markets, firms compete not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

help-friendly organization has to be actively nurtured, however, because helpfulness among colleagues does not arise automatically: competition, pride, or distrust may get in the way. The trickiness of this management challenge-to increase a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

literature by analyzing all forms of incentive pay for several types of managerial positions and include additional measures of earnings manipulation-end-of-year excess sales and class action litigation-in addition to the standard measure of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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