by Benjamin Edelman - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Efficiencies and Regulatory Shortcuts: How Should We Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber?

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman & Damien Geradin; Web Services

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

Value. She is a former brand manager at Gillette, AT&T, and Samuel Adams and an advertising agency executive, and remains close to practice by serving as a board member, consultant, educator, and advisor to companies and their... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

02 Oct 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Bitcoin

Keywords: by Rainer Böhme, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman & Tyler Moore; Banking

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

Uber and its ilk, but then spells out various ways consumers might be negatively affected by the business practices of transportation network companies (or TNCs). IS UBER DRIVING UP YOUR CAR INSURANCE RATES? Regarding car insurance, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

racial discrimination. In Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com, Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Luca investigate the possibility of racial discrimination against people who advertise properties on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

fund them in advance, there's trouble ahead. They will soon pay higher interest rates on their municipal bonds and ultimately may face a financial crisis like the current one in Detroit. That's not what the doctor ordered. The Long View View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

13 Jul 2012
Working Paper Summaries

De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Theory and Evidence on Preference Heterogeneity and Redistribution

Keywords: by Benjamin Lockwood & Matthew Weinzierl

23 Feb 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Trade Creditors' Information Advantage

Keywords: by Victoria Ivashina and Benjamin Iverson

01 Aug 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina

Keywords: by Jesse Schreger and Benjamin Hebert

16 Feb 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization

Keywords: by Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri; Public Administration; Public Relations

09 Mar 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Benjamin N. Roth; Financial Services

22 Feb 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines

Keywords: by Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Benjamin N. Roth

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

out many consumers with older iPhones or Android models. "Apple might be hamstrung by an incompatibility issue that the company intentionally introduced," Edelman says. Shih agrees that selling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail