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- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
inequality is measured in terms of opportunity or the actual accumulation of varying levels of income and wealth. Inequality is inevitable and perhaps necessary in a free society, according to one line of thought. As Guy Higgins put it,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Structure of Fixed Income Markets
Professor Chacko's research has focused primarily on the structure of various fixed income markets, such as the markets for corporate bonds, sovereign bonds, asset-backed securities, etc. His current research looks at the importance of liquidity (or lack thereof) in... View Details
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Income distribution: countries
Where can I find statistics of income distribution for countries? Use World Development Indicators Select desired countries. Select series,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
We can be forgiven, especially this time of year, for questioning a decision our predecessors made just over a century ago. In the 1910s, Americans decided to make personal and corporate income taxes a permanent feature of the United... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Supplement
DoubleClick, Inc.: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
By: David F. Hawkins
FASB and IASB proposal to require comprehensive income statements. View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
By: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton and Fabio Kanzcuk
We investigate, using plant-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a... View Details
Keywords: Heterogeneous Plants; Productivity; Policy Distortions; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Resource Allocation; Macroeconomics
Alfaro, Laura, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk. "Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-086, May 2007. (Revised May 2008, August 2008. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14060, June 2008)
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
One Argument for Radical Income Transparency
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
- February 1998
- Article
April's Confusion: Comprehensive Income
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "April's Confusion: Comprehensive Income." Accounting Bulletin, no. 63 (February 1998).
- August 2000 (Revised January 2001)
- Background Note
Reporting Income for Dot-Coms
By: Paul M. Healy
Dot-coms provide unique financial reporting situations. View Details
Healy, Paul M. "Reporting Income for Dot-Coms." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-013, August 2000. (Revised January 2001.)
- 01 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
- 13 May 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality
- 2009
- Chapter
Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
By: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton and Fabio Kanczuk
We investigate, using plant-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Developing Countries and Economies; Wages; Resource Allocation; Mathematical Methods
Alfaro, Laura, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences." In NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, edited by Jeffrey A. Frankel and Christopher Pissarides. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
By: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton and Fabio Kanczuk
We investigate, using plant-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Developing Countries and Economies; Wages; Resource Allocation; Mathematical Methods
Alfaro, Laura, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14060, June 2008.
- June 1983 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund." Harvard Business School Case 283-071, June 1983. (Revised July 1986.)
- 20 Apr 2017
- News
Earth 2.0: Is Income Inequality Inevitable?
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Summing Up Can "Conscious Capitalism" Become a Viable Antidote to Income Inequality? Conscious capitalism as an antidote to income inequality apparently is an idea that attracts the attention of a diverse... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 May 2018
- Video