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How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva
We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only... View Details
Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva. "How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments." American Economic Review 105, no. 4 (April 2015): 1478–1508.
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
As a driver of both the overall economy and of individual wealth, real estate is pretty hard to beat. As Harvard Business School professor Arthur Segel says, real estate is the largest asset class in the... View Details
- February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Most companies around the world are family controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety of reasons, e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation... View Details
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-104, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- December 1999 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Praedium Corporation
By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely
George Hicks and Patricia Ferrey, primary shareholders of the Praedium Corp., faced a dilemma that could dissolve their real estate management company. Praedium received an attractive offer to lease one of its properties, however, Hicks did not want to terminate the... View Details
Keywords: Leasing; Property; Taxation; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
interest tax deduction. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, director emeritus of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, and former Federal Housing... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
reading a report written by Peter Sullivan, a top estate planning adviser, which considers how estate planning strategies might need to change due to recent changes in estate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2025
- Working Paper
Race, Rental Yields, and Housing Decay in Manhattan
By: Tom Nicholas and Christophe Spaenjers
We develop a new dataset on real estate transactions in Manhattan (1912–1939), linked to federal Census records (1930 and 1940) and property images used for tax assessment purposes (around 1940 and 1980). We analyze investor returns and incentives to maintain... View Details
Nicholas, Tom, and Christophe Spaenjers. "Race, Rental Yields, and Housing Decay in Manhattan." Working Paper, May 2025.
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2013/05/how-to-negotiate-with-vcs/ar/1 2006 pub Real Estate Prices During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression By: Nicholas, Tom, and Anna Scherbina Abstract—Using new data on market-based... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Monroe Abstract— Why do regimes allow some low-income business owners to avoid taxes by operating informally? Electoral incentives are central to prevailing explanations of governments’ forbearance of informal enterprise. Yet many... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
investment, or wealth the answer? The top income tax bracket used to be 90 percent in the US during the rare period when trends toward inequality were interrupted. How about higher estate View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2022
- HBS Case
The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?
products such as baby formula. At the same time, the company declared it would donate all profits to humanitarian relief organizations, and would therefore not pay any corporate taxes to the Russian government, although it would continue... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
such as talent and capital, away from wealth creation and toward wealth distribution. It distorts thinking. Restoring the balance of power is critical to the competitiveness and the health of the rest of the economy. Limits on the size and leverage of banks and changes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
Amazon execs to remain above it all.) And for a rental-dominated community, wouldn’t this wealthy influx of Amazonians drive up rents, housing prices, and real estate costs, forcing long-time residents and local independent businesses to... View Details
- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
modest increases in both productivity and jobs.) It also means, even without a change in tax rates, a larger tax base. This is important to the extent that it is a major component of a government's plan to... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
example, have any shares changed hands since the last meeting? Are there new tax laws shareholders need to be aware of? If your family has fifteen or fewer adults, you may be able to have in-depth discussions and create plans and policies... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
and Syria; to the south is the booming Saudi Arabian metropolis of Jeddah. In front of me is a vast expanse of sand and hope, fueled by a huge investment towards a brand new city the size of Washington, DC. I can see intermittent puffs from earthmoving equipment,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses around the world,... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity in China. Drawing on extensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
Entrepreneurship, has been teaching courses in real property since the 1970s. The author of many books on the subject, including, most recently, The Real Estate Game, Poorvu sees the housing issue as suffering from a lack of... View Details