Intervention - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

While C.J. Cullinane recommends that government "at least monitor the situation," he offers little hope that government intervention can be any more effective than private sector responses. Richard Oxford agrees, noting that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

of the state-driven agenda for the foreseeable future. Publisher's Link: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/History/?view=usa&ci=9780199657964 Food Choices of Minority and Low-Income Employees: A Cafeteria View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

reverse." The Costs Of Intervention Despite the fact that frequent comparisons are drawn between the British Empire and the world today, Maurer argues that a more apt comparison can be found in American foreign policy between 1893... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

20 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes to economic incentives. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of behavioral interventions in a context... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

recession. The financial crisis opened the door to massive public interventions in the world's economies, in which the government served as venture capitalist. But these efforts focused on the most troubled and poorly managed firms in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

discussed supporting innovation through a range of additional policy interventions, including tax credits, loan guarantees, IP policy, regulatory mandates, codes, and standards. It is critically important that these kinds of interventions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. Writing in 1695, Cary laid out a powerful case for how England, through muscular... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

States," Jones says, adding that many of the economies went through transition periods that involved a high degree of state intervention and hyperinflation. Then, by one means or another, the businesses in those economies came out of that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

investment banking--give their points of view. Joseph Bower, Baker Foundation Professor The GM IPO represents the beginning of the end of a remarkable piece of intervention by the Obama administration. The government's involvement in the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

continue to enjoy broad freedom to unload options, a practice that enables executives to benefit from increases in short-term stock prices that come at the expense of long-term value. That the market for CEOs has not been operating like other markets does not mean that... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more interventions to rescue the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

the rest got $3. Flexible. Participants would be compensated for working out at any time, with the same $7 and $3 breakdown as the routine group. Control. This group was encouraged to exercise without financial incentives. During the four-week View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

dramatically." According to Christensen, none of these changes will take place without staunch resistance from the medical establishment. Even federal regulators are being asked to enter the fray, recalling previous cries for government View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

dollar is not going to have $1 of impact,” Kluender says. “We were optimistic that it could nevertheless have a cost-effective impact given the low cost of the intervention and the fact that patients are ultimately on the hook for the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

generations of the same family may even cease to regress towards the mean. Moreover, we demonstrate that government interventions intended to ameliorate inequality may in fact lower intergenerational mobility—even when they do not... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

sponsor. In response to the financial crisis, the federal government has substantially increased its intervention into the financial markets. Although such intervention is justified in certain cases, federal... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action,” with 28 other researchers. "Low-cost, light touch interventions can improve conditions for employees." The havoc the virus has wreaked on businesses worldwide... View Details