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- 05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016
costs and simulate counterfactuals under alternative feedback policies. The results suggest that feedback on net increases the number of high-quality ideas produced and may thus be desirable for a principal seeking innovation. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
ability distributions as endogenous to current taxes. We model this endogeneity, calibrate the model to match estimates of the intergenerational transmission of earnings ability in the United States, and use the model to simulate optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
tags that are sufficiently predictive of ability, such as disability status, will be used. Calibrated simulations using micro data from the United States show that optimal policy may simultaneously include substantial redistribution... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
search for low-level, operational choices, which in turn determine performance. Using a simulation model, we show that coupled search processes obscure the performance impact of high-level choices through two mechanisms: (1) a survivor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
companies and entrepreneurs. Q: What sorts of hurdles remain? A: One challenge is general distrust in the approach. PRT is complicated—numerous small vehicles rather than a few large vehicles, computer control in place of drivers. View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Africa still relevant and achievable? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-108 Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Investigation Using a Simulated Market Authors:Anita Elberse and Bharat Anand Periodical:Information Economics and Policy (forthcoming). Special issue on "Economics of the Media," edited by Joel Waldfogel. Abstract One of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
examples of accounting research that routinely uses bounded dependent variables, present results from Monte Carlo simulations to highlight the advantages of using the FRM relative to conventional models, and conduct an archival extension... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance, demonstrating that the increase in extra life year gains by relaxing certain fairness constraints can be as high as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
Markets By: Menon, Anoop R., and Dennis Yao Abstract—This paper explores how mental models affect the analysis of dynamic strategic interactions. We develop an explanation-based view of mental models founded on a regression analogy and implement this view in View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
interpretation of sarcasm lead to greater creativity because they activate abstract thinking. Studies 1 and 2 found that both sarcasm expressers and recipients reported more conflict but also demonstrated enhanced creativity following a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
announcements on trading behavior in a simulated and real stock market setting. I find evidence that the involvement of stars impacts movies' expected theatrical revenues, and I provide insight into the magnitude of that effect. For... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
ambiguous effect on high-quality output. To evaluate this trade-off, I develop a procedure to estimate agents' effort costs and simulate counterfactuals under alternative feedback policies. The results suggest that feedback on net... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
treatment with a simulation of paying U.S. federal taxes. Allowing taxpayers to signal their preferences on the distribution of government spending results in a 15% reduction in the stated take-up rate of a questionable tax loophole.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
quality. We develop a structural model of product entry that illustrates how the regulator's standard setting rule affects a firm's product quality decision. Counterfactual simulations illustrate that ratcheting down was prevalent in this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
effects of RER changes in terms of differences in export intensity, import intensity, and financial constraints. We estimate the model and quantitatively evaluate the different mechanisms by providing counterfactual simulations of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Counterfactual simulations of our structural model show large gains from screening potential hires via psychometric measurement and training to improve managerial practices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman