Publications

22 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

The first edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, by David A. Moss was published in 2007—just as one of the world's great economic downturns was taking off. The second... View Details

Keywords: Re: David A. Moss

March 2020
Case

Behavior Change for Good

By: Max Bazerman, Michael Luca and Marie Lawrence

In 2017, Katy Milkman and Angela Duckworth created Behavior Change for Good (BCFG)—a behavioral science initiative founded with the goal of helping people achieve long-term behavior change in the areas of personal health, financial decisions (savings), and education.... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Science; Interventions; Behavior; Change; Health

Educators

2017
Working Paper

Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

Can new data sources from online platforms help to measure local economic activity? Government datasets from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau provide the standard measures of economic activity at the local level. However, these statistics typically appear only... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Analytics and Data Science; Local Range; Social and Collaborative Networks

SSRN

Research Summary

FDI and Economic Growth: The Role of the Local Financial Markets (joint with Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Selin Sayek)

By: Laura Alfaro

In this paper, we examine the various links among foreign direct investment (FDI), financial markets, and economic growth. We explore whether countries with better financial systems can exploit FDI more efficiently. Empirical analysis, using cross-country data between... View Details

2019
Chapter

Punishing Robots: Issues in the Economics of Tort Liability and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence

By: Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

countries side-by-side, exploring them from the 1850s up until the present day, when Chile’s economic strength seems to have surpassed Argentina’s—a reversal of fortune. The Impact View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao

15 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Calderón chairs the initiative, which comprises corporate executives, local politicians, and former heads of state from 14 countries. ''If we provide View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

Article

Economics at the FTC: Physician Acquisitions, Standard Essential Patents, and Accuracy of Credit Reporting

By: Julie Carlson, Leemore S. Dafny, Beth Freeborn, Pauline Ippolito and Brett Wendling

September 2005
Article

History, Institutions and Economic Performance: the Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India

By: Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer

Keywords: History; Property; Performance; India

2022
Article

How to Choose a Default

By: John Beshears, Richard T. Mason and Shlomo Benartzi

We have developed a model for setting a default when a population is choosing among ordered choices—that is, ones listed in ascending or descending order. A company, for instance, might want to set a default contribution rate that will increase employees’ average... View Details

Keywords: Nudge; Choice Architecture; Behavioral Economics; Behavioral Science; Default; Savings; Decision Choices and Conditions; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives

26 Apr 2012
Other Presentation

Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business

By: Michael E. Porter

Regional competitiveness and CSV presentation at "Encuentro de Comisiones Regionales de Competitividad," Bogotá View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Competitiveness; Economics; Society; Colombia

Article

The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History

By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry

Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Business History; History; Asia; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America

Article

Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations: Economic Recovery and the Determinants of Productivity and Innovation: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy

By: Michela Giorcelli

2012
Chapter

Citizens' Perceptions and the Disconnect Between Economics and Regulatory Policy

By: Jonathan Baron, William T. McEnroe and Christopher Poliquin

Economic theory is clear about the advantages and disadvantages of various ways of regulating negative externalities, such as command and control, cap and trade, taxation, subsidies, and tort law. Yet public policy rarely follows the recommendations that follow from... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Decision Making; Government and Politics; United States

April 2011
Article

Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few jurisdictions have shifted towards defined... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Retirement; Private Sector; Compensation and Benefits; United States

November 2024
Teaching Note

The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II

By: Vincent Pons, Marco Tabellini and Vestal McIntyre

2013
Book

Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline

By: Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills

Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; United States