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  • 02 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

truth.") Now research suggests that the federal government might be able to encourage honest reporting simply by moving the signature line to the top of the form, such that signers declare that they will... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

    John A. Quelch

    John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

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      Rohit Deshpande

      Rohit Deshpandé is a Baker Foundation Professor and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, where he has been teaching in the Advanced Management Program,... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; agribusiness; airline; banking; beauty products; beverage; financial services; home video games; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; tourism; video games
      • Web

      Curriculum - Case Method Project

      over how the federal government should address the rapid development of a new communications technology with major implications for American democracy: broadcast radio. In particular, it focuses on President... View Details
      • October, 2023
      • Article

      Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: Housing Market Impacts of Removing Legacy Pollutants

      By: Alecia Cassidy, Robyn C. Meeks and Michale R. Moore
      The Great Lakes and their tributaries make up the largest freshwater system on the planet, providing drinking water and recreational value to millions of people. Yet manufacturing plants left a legacy of toxic pollutants in the region, tarnishing it as part of the... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation Of Environmental Effects; Housing Demand; Water Pollution; Water Quality; Infrastructure; Pollution; Consumer Behavior
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      • 15 Apr 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: April 15, 2008

      Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market Authors:Tarun Khanna and Catherine Thomas Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Stock price synchronicity has been attributed to poor corporate governance... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Much Ado About Nothing? Overreaction to Random Regulatory Audits

      By: Samuel Antill and Joseph Kalmenovitz
      Regulators often audit firms to detect non-compliance. Exploiting a natural experiment in the lobbying industry, we show that firms overreact to audits and this response distorts prices and reduces welfare. Each year, federal regulators audit a random sample of... View Details
      Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Price
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      • July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
      • Teaching Note

      Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details
      Keywords: Argentina; Argentine Exceptionalism; Infrastructure Finance; Investing; Finance; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Energy Generation; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; South America
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      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Delaying Firearm Purchases Reduces Gun Violence

      By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
      Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a two to seven-day delay between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. While states might institute waiting periods for different reasons (e.g., to allow for background checks), these delays also create a “cooling off”... View Details
      Keywords: Government Legislation; Safety; Rights; Laws and Statutes; United States
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      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net

      By: Gareth Olds
      This paper explores the role of public health insurance in small business ownership among immigrants, a group with high rates of entrepreneurship. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 created a five-year “waiting period” for legal... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Entrepreneurship; Welfare or Wellbeing; Immigration
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      • October 18, 2021
      • Article

      To Regulate Network-Based Platforms, Look at Their Data

      By: Chiara Farronato and Daniel Björkegren
      Historically, antitrust authorities have taken a laissez-faire approach under the assumption that it is better to err on the side of not intervening when there is uncertainty. This has allowed companies like Google and Facebook to go on a shopping spree to acquire... View Details
      Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Risk and Uncertainty; Digital Platforms; Competitive Advantage; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry
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        Michael A. Wheeler

        Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

        Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
        • Web

        Placement - Doctoral

        Business Economics, 2023 Placement: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist Dissertation: How the Price System Works: Evidence from Supply Chains and Price Controls Advisors: Xavier Gabaix , Edward Glaeser , Andrei Shleifer , and... View Details
        • Web

        Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

        Eisenhower, and Robert McNamara. 08 Nov 2024 Op-Ed How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis by John Macomber Africa faces escalating climate risks that threaten its people and businesses. While governments and... View Details

          Elisabeth C. Paulson

          Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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          Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
          • 20 Feb 2008
          • First Look

          First Look: February 20, 2008

          explanation of price rigidity has the advantage of being consistent with the observation that the typical size of price increases is nearly invariant to inflation. Lastly, the paper turns to some government policies regarding prices that... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 13 Jul 2009
          • Research & Ideas

          Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

          think the chances of a government plan supplanting private options are slim," he writes. But the existence of both public and private insurance plans might provide enough competition to improve overall value for patients. Professor... View Details
          Keywords: by Staff; Health
          • 2020
          • Working Paper

          Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

          By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
          The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to... View Details
          Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States
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            Arthur I Segel

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            Keywords: federal government; federal government
            • Web

            Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

            corporations to open their books for government inspection Influence: High 10 1910 19 Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act... View Details