Publications

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are being far more aggressive in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

States Census Bureau - Demographic characteristics, total population, social, and economic census data useful for determining market size. View Details

Profile

Gerald Chertavian

founded that helps economically disadvantaged young adults gain skills for professional careers. Chertavian’s inspiration for Year Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship; Services

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RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies - Course Catalog

outcomes. The goal of this course is to deepen your insight into and influence on the debate over economic policy. Private-sector managers are better able to position their organizations, both defensively and offensively, if they... View Details

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The Green Industrial Strategy Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

have started to view decarbonization as an economic opportunity. They are pursuing strategies to compete in global clean technology markets. How do governments and companies develop strategies that enhance View Details

July 1997
Case

Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (TIPS)

Explores the development of a new product offering based on the first issuance of "real" bonds in the United States. Looks at a specific organization's efforts to position itself to profit from this market development. Follows naturally from a case on nominal bonds. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Bonds; Inflation and Deflation; United States

Educators

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December 14, 2017
Editorial

Resolving DACA Will Modernize the American Economy

By: Gerald Chertavian

Keywords: Economy; Immigration; Government Legislation

2023
Other Unpublished Work

Urgent: The IMF Must Reform

By: Laura Alfaro, Guillermo Calvo, José de Gregorio, Augusto de la Torre, Roque Fernandez, Pablo Guidotti, Enrique Mendoza, Ernesto Talvi, Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Andrés Velasco

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; International Finance; Latin America

February 1990
Article

Inflation and Taxation with Optimizing Governments

By: J. J. Rotemberg and James Poterba

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Taxation; Government and Politics

July 2014
Supplement

Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012 (CW)

By: Lucy White and Trent Kim

In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

Purchase

2007
Working Paper

The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust - An Experimental Study

By: Ben Greiner, Axel Ockenfels and Peter Werner

We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment starting with equal endowments, but decreases... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Performance Efficiency; Trust; Economics

1986
Article

The Dollar as an Irrational Speculative Bubble: A Tale of Fundamentalists and Chartists

By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot

Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Currency Exchange Rate; Asset Pricing; Macroeconomics

fall 1997
Article

Venture Capital and the Creation of Public Companies: Do Venture Capitalists Really Bring More than Money?

By: Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Ventures; Money; Public Ownership

2005
Other Unpublished Work

Value-Added Taxes and International Trade: The Evidence

By: Mihir A. Desai and James R Hines Jr.

Keywords: Taxation; Trade; Globalized Firms and Management

April 1986 (Revised March 1987)
Case

U.S. Competitiveness in Manufacturing

By: Norman A. Berg

Keywords: Competition; Trade; Business and Government Relations; Production; Manufacturing Industry