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  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

contrasts the tradition-bound Old World wine industry with the market-oriented New World producers in the battle for the Chinese wine market in 2015. China’s wine consumption growth presented a large and fast-growing export target that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—Nominal debt provides consumption-smoothing benefits if it can be inflated away during recessions. However, we document empirically that countries with more countercyclical inflation, where nominal debt provides better View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

consumption paths and then into a net effect on social welfare. I calibrate that framework using recently produced data on Social Security beneficiaries by lifetime income decile and both existing and new survey evidence on the normative... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

status on prices. The effect increases in a time of decreasing uncertainty, which supports the motive of conspicuous consumption as a driver of the effect. However, the results caution that we might commonly overestimate the symbolic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

dictate the broad outlines of any proposed legislation. His proposal, also known as the Ryan-Brady plan, is not just a renovation or a gut-rehab, it’s a teardown. It shifts the base of taxation to consumption from income through a... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the same applications to benefit from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

principles and practices. Quelch and Jocz lay out the six fundamental characteristics that marketing and democracy share: (1) exchange of value, such as goods, services, and promises, (2) consumption of goods and services, (3) choice in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

lead to reduced economic productivity subsequent to exposure to temptation. Using a design inspired by the classic "Marshmallow Test," we report data from a field experiment in which children between the ages of 6 and 13 were exposed (or not) to a View Details
  • 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

increased consumption of natural resources such as coal and oil that are burned to generate that energy. But at New England Electric System (NEES), the second-largest electric utility in New England, president and CEO John Rowe (92nd AMP)... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb
  • 18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers, and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, within Godiva’s global enterprise, Godiva Japan had become number two... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

raise menu prices—for everyone. Albeit indirectly, consumers pay for the intermediary services. "To me, this seems pretty screwed up," Edelman says. "The system encourages excessive consumption of OpenTable. As diners, we should leave... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

find that customer adoption of online banking is associated with (1) substitution primarily from incrementally more costly self-service delivery channels (ATM and voice response unit); (2) augmentation of service consumption in more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

-0.27. We also present evidence that consumers increased usage ahead of these announced price changes. Finally, we project that the price elasticity converges to a value between -0.30 and -0.35 after ten years. Our findings highlight the importance of accounting for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

contribution rates differ between employees hired before versus after the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

consumption Euler equation, commonly assumed in New Keynesian models. Estimating the model separately for 1979–2001 and 2001–2011 explains why the exposure of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market changed from positive to negative. A... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey experiment suggests two behavioral factors play a role in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

driven by China's insatiable appetite for raw materials. Then the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, brewing challenges for the world's biggest exporter of coal and iron ore. Prime Minister Rudd pushed for massive stimulus packages to revive domestic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

Mezuo Nwuneli Their investment firm is transforming the landscape by supporting small- and medium-sized agricultural enterprises. "Changing mindsets among the local populace that 'Made in Nigeria' products, especially food, are high quality and suitable for View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

HBS Online to be more impactful than other online business programs Understanding what a platform is and why someone would use one is crucial. The dynamics of consumption are important to consider. This course helps you see the world in a... View Details