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  • 2016
  • Book

Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

By: Lakshmi Iyer
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
Keywords: Property Rights; Economic Policy; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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Heath Economics, Course and Research Seminar

Instructor, Pasteur Institute CNAM School of Public Health (Paris, France).
Postgraduate Masters, Course EGS230.
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Keywords: Health Economics
  • March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
  • Case

Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility

By: Scott Duke Kominers, Jeffrey Huizinga and Allison Ciechanover
Opportunity Insights -- a non-profit that researches drivers of economic opportunity and develops policy solutions to help families achieve better life outcomes -- seeks to expand its impact. View Details
Keywords: Economic Opportunity; Social Mobility; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Housing; Policy; Opportunities
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    International Differences in Entrepreneurship (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

    Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the... View Details
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    Foreign Direct Investment, Finance, and Economic Development

    Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the empirical literature, specifically addressing the question: How does FDI affect economic development of host countries and what is the role of local financial... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Development; Multinational Corporation; Finance
    • January 17, 2018
    • Other Article

    Using Traditional and Digital Data Sources Together in Economic Research

    By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
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      The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

      While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of... View Details
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      Development Economics (PhD)

      By: Shawn A. Cole

      This course, intended for second-year PhD students in economics and related fields, is taught by Michael Kremer, Phillippe Aghion, and Shawn Cole.

      Part I (Kremer) of the course will cover macro-economic topics including aggregate and non-aggregate growth... View Details

      • July 2020
      • Article

      Higher Economic Inequality Intensifies the Financial Hardship of People Living in Poverty by Fraying the Community Buffer

      By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Barnabas Szaszi, Marcel Lukas, David Smerdon, Jaideep Prabhu and Elke U. Weber
      The current research investigates whether higher economic inequality disproportionately intensifies the financial hardship of low-income individuals. We propose that higher economic inequality increases financial hardship for low-income individuals by reducing their... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Inequalty; Economy; Income; Equality and Inequality; Poverty; Civil Society or Community
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      • 18 Oct 2017
      • News

      How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

      • Research Summary

      Research

      The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

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      Research Focus

      By: Anita Elberse
      My research focuses on "creative industries," defined as industries that supply goods that we commonly associate with artistic, cultural, or entertainment value -- including book and magazine publishing, film, music, television, video games, the performing... View Details
      • 09 Mar 2016
      • HBS Seminar

      CANCELLED - Luigi Pistaferri, Professor of Economics, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

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      Current Research

      Kevin P. Coyne has taught classes in undergraduate, MBA, and executive education programs at a wide variety of schools, as well as company training programs. His current research interests include:

      Sustainable Competitive... View Details

      • March 2017
      • Article

      Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM

      By: Alexander MacKay and David A. Smith
      This article discusses the empirical challenges that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and methodology. We... View Details
      Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Antitrust Law; Resale Price Maintenance; Welfare Economics; Price; Competition; Research
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      • 16 May 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      The Simple Economics of Open Source

      questions," predict Lerner and Tirole, "is likely to increase as the open source movement itself grows and evolves." In the meantime, the two professors venture their hope that such puzzles will inspire and stimulate other View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology
      • Forthcoming
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      Non-Binary Gender Economics

      By: Katherine B. Coffman, Lucas C. Coffman and Keith Marzilli Ericson
      Economics research has largely overlooked non-binary individuals. We aim to jump-start the literature by providing data on several economically-important beliefs and preferences. Among many results, non-binary individuals report more gender-based discrimination and... View Details
      Keywords: Inclusion; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Characteristics
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      Research Thrust

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
      • 17 Oct 2007
      • Other Presentation

      The Role of Construction, Housing, and Real Estate in Inner City Economic Development: Towards a National Research Agenda

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Presentation delivered during the Inner City Economic Forum in Philadelphia, PA. View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States
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      Current Research

      Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details