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- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of back-scratching is known as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- June 2017
- Article
The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments
By: Christophe Pérignon and Boris Vallée
We examine the toxic loans sold by investment banks to local governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans... View Details
Pérignon, Christophe, and Boris Vallée. "The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 6 (June 2017): 1903–1934.
- 09 Jan 2013
- News
Why women should have more political power
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Research Brief: Political Capital
partisan message. “It proactively persuades them to go out and vote,” Chung explains. So how would a bit of reshuffling of funds have affected US politics over the last decade? Chung and Zhang posit that if Mitt Romney (MBA 1974, JD 1975)... View Details
- 28 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Rankings Matter Even When They Shouldn't: Bandwagon Effects in Two-Round Elections
Keywords: by Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
of the paper’s authors. The main reason is that party and candidate positions on key issues subtly or not-so-subtly change from election to election in reaction to shifts in voter sentiment, undercutting the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 13 Aug 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Selling to a Moving Target: Dynamic Marketing Effects in U.S. Presidential Elections
Keywords: by Doug J. Chung & Lingling Zhang
- June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Supplement
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Campaign Finance Reform; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-131, June 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- 29 Sep 2013
- News
California's Rising Latina Political Star
- 27 Apr 2012
- News
Fantasy Football for Politics Junkies
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Club of Dallas Explores Election Reform and Political Innovation in Virtual Talk As the presidential election nears, the potential for an unusual... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
become more and more of a relevant problem over the past eight years or so.” US politics are heating up ahead of the November presidential election as voters evaluate candidates Vice President Kamala Harris... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- October 2019
- Article
Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending
By: Olivia S. Kim
This article investigates the impact of political uncertainty on contractual lending terms using a large sample of syndicated loans and a within-firm estimation approach to achieve identification. Firms pay 7 basis points (bps) more on loans originated when their... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies
Kim, Olivia S. "Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 54, no. 5 (October 2019): 2141–2178.
- March 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia's 1MDB (A)
By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
In May 2018, Malaysia’s 14th General Election saw a change of power that many thought they would never witness in their lifetimes. The political party that had ruled Malaysia for 60 year was kicked out of office by a 92 year-old challenger, Mahathir Mohamed, who had... View Details
Rithmire, Meg, and Courtney Han. "Political Legitimacy and Global Capital Markets: Malaysia's 1MDB (A)." Harvard Business School Case 720-030, March 2020. (Revised February 2023.)
- 21 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?
- 30 Oct 2014
- News
Back to the Future in Turkish Politics
- 2023
- Working Paper
Change We Can’t Believe In: Distrust of Political Converts
By: Julian J. Zlatev, Amos Schurr and Nir Halevy
We propose and test three hypotheses regarding how people respond to political converts— individuals who switch their voting from one political party to another. Across two experiments, using behavioral and attitudinal measures of trust in two different countries, we... View Details
Zlatev, Julian J., Amos Schurr, and Nir Halevy. "Change We Can’t Believe In: Distrust of Political Converts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-049, February 2023.
- 28 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections
2004 election when Republican George W. Bush emerged victorious. Chung says that had Democratic candidate John Kerry received more advertising from outside political groups, the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman