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  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

under Risk Authors:Eyal Ert and Ido Erev Abstract Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

causing two serious problems for democratic societies: a move to the left and/or political instability in many developing countries and a rising tide of immigrants seeking to move from poor countries to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 29

considerable heterogeneity in the role of FDI. First, multinationals located in countries that experienced sharper declines in aggregate output, demand, and credit conditions displayed a greater advantage over local firms. Multinationals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006

paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male circumcision can reduce the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

Fall 2016 Journal of Economic Perspectives Global Talent Flows By: Kerr, William R., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and Çağlar Özden Abstract—The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

  Publications January 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Bank Regulation, Capital Structure, and the Low Risk Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2010
  • Article

Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Framework; Problems and Challenges; Interest Rates; Cost; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Operations
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  • 13 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

country primarily using the fee-for-service model while struggling to control costs, there is also a risk of embedding questionable practices into AI algorithms. For instance, upcoding—when providers inflate... View Details
Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health
  • 24 Jun 2015
  • HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details
Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education
  • 15 Feb 2012
  • Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

in developed countries. Of 4.1 billion workers, 3.3 billion would be unskilled living in developing countries. In developed countries the benefits of growth were increasingly enjoyed only by the top quintile, and mostly by, yes, the top 1... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine
  • 03 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

From Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain to Yemen, as a number of nations in North Africa and the Middle East go through cataclysmic changes, the world watches and wonders what the future may hold as myriad protestors risk their lives for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety. It is a country that is at once cosmopolitan and confused about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

new industries in Japan are things like highly skilled specialist personnel; a lack of risk capital because of heavily controlled financial markets; barriers to commercializing university research; and limited incentives for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

is yes. The safety of the financial system depends on financial institutions' risk exposure, their ability to absorb losses, their reliance on short-term wholesale funding, transparency, and understanding the interconnectedness between... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

AFC. However, a broader set of emerging market countries show weaker liquidity, solvency, and profitability indicators. More countries are also in the Altman Z-score's “grey zone,” that is, at View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Oct 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

be managed effectively on a continuing basis. As Richard Eckel put it, "'Disruptive' is the clue for why the proposed method of sustained growth will fail in most organizations ... B-schools graduate and laud those who are risk... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

technology is revolutionizing the global banking and payment industry. It offers new opportunities for banks to provide added convenience to their existing customers in developed countries and reach a large population of unbanked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-114.pdf Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930 Authors:André C. Martínez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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