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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

Keywords: by André C. Martínez Fritscher & Aldo Musacchio
  • July 2024
  • Article

A (Dynamic) Investigation of Stereotypes, Belief-Updating, and Behavior

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Paola Ugalde Araya and Basit Zafar
Many decisions—such as what educational or career path to pursue—are dynamic in nature, with individuals receiving feedback at one point in time and making decisions later. Using a controlled experiment, with two sessions one week apart, we analyze the dynamic effects... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Beliefs; Stereotypes; Self-assessment; Gender Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Perception; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

It’s never been easy to make money in the restaurant industry. A highly fragmented sector dominated by 70 percent independent owners and operators, the average restaurant’s annual revenue hovers around $1 million View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

of government in promoting it. It would be hard to find anyone arguing for the extremes of complete equality (everyone with the same income or wealth) or inequality (with all the income View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 17 Aug 2022
  • News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

as I view being a lawyer as a calling, and my public service as a calling, I view my commitment to DEI as a calling,” she says. “I’m very proud that, at every place I’ve worked, including the SEC, they have been View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

hyper-connected global economy—ongoing recovery from the global financial crisis, the rise of emerging economies, deeper cross-border integration, technological change, and growing wealth and income View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

show that individuals narrowly bracket their equity concerns. Across four experiments including 1,600 subjects, individuals equalize components of payoffs rather than overall payoffs. When earnings are comprised of “small tokens" worth 1... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

would spread their own political vision, determined to make women’s equality a reality by fighting—house by house, street by street, city by city—the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • July 2023
  • Article

The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap

By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Offices are social places. Employees and managers take breaks together and talk about family and hobbies. In this study, we show that employees’ social interactions with their managers can be advantageous for their careers, and that this phenomenon contributes to the... View Details
Keywords: Career; Promotions; Social Interactions; Networking; Interpersonal Communication; Familiarity; Equality and Inequality; Gender
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  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

Income Inequality By: Nallareddy, Suresh, Ethan Rouen, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Abstract—This paper studies the effects of corporate tax changes on income inequality. Using state corporate tax rate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Murphy, and Jorg L. Spenkuch Abstract—We develop a model of intergenerational resource transmission that emphasizes the link between cross-sectional inequality and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

studied had little idea of how they could make their time more productive. Sadun hopes that the information will be equally helpful for boards in evaluating the performance of their CEOs. "It's a way to monitor where the efforts of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 21 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

economy? How do you design and implement policies that address long term economic sustainability vis à vis short term growth spurts? At the same time, I had big unanswered questions that were equally... View Details

    Erin Shirtz

    Erin Shirtz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research broadly examines... View Details

    • 18 Sep 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

    certification. Second, adoption levels are low, and rates of decertification almost as high as certification. Third, awareness raising among consumers and partnerships with public actors are View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Generative AI

    By: Nicholas G. Otis, Solène Delecourt, Katelynn Cranney and Rembrand Koning
    Generative AI has the potential to transform productivity and reduce inequality, but only if adopted broadly. In this paper, we show that recently identified gender gaps in generative AI use are nearly universal. Synthesizing data from 18 studies covering more than... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Technology Adoption; Behavior
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    • December 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Rick's Dilemma

    By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Eppler
    This is a teaching note designed to accompany the case "Rick's Dilemma." View Details
    Keywords: Land Markets; Finance; Inequality; Trusts; New York City; New York Property; Valuation Methodologies; Cap Rates; World Cities; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • 09 Oct 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

    success in a broad array of projects, such as managing 10 brands and 26 shops across different categories, he also felt the need to reinvent his core confectionery business since not all stores of all his brands were thriving as he had... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Jun 2022
    • News

    June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

    owned slaves and accepted Black people as full citizens. Thanks to the efforts of Creek leaders like Cow Tom, a Black Creek citizen who rose to become chief, the United States government recognized Creek citizenship in 1866 for its Black... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
    • 26 Feb 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

    Soltes, Eugene F. Abstract— Regulators have long been aware that differential access to information can undermine the efficiency and fairness of financial markets. In an effort to place investors on equal... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman