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    Katherine B. Coffman

    Katherine Coffman is the Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant professor of... View Details

      Jeff Fossett

      Jeff Fossett is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He is interested in economic and policy questions related to technology platforms and online marketplaces. Previously, Jeff was a member of the Data Science... View Details
      Keywords: information technology industry
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      Women's Empowerment

      "Female Empowerment: Further Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines." (with Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin) April 2009, World Development 38, Issue 3, March... View Details

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      Russell Sage Foundation Small Research Grant

      Awarded grants from the Russell Sage Foundation, the Pershing Square Fund for Research on the Foundations of Human Behavior, and the Lab for Economic Applications and Policy for experimental project "Asymmetric Naivete: Beliefs about Self-Control." View Details

        Alvin E. Roth

        Al Roth is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the Harvard Business School. His research, teaching, and consulting interests are in game theory, experimental economics, and... View Details

        Keywords: e-commerce industry; education industry; health care; information; internet; legal services

          Thomas W. Graeber

          Thomas Graeber is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Negotiations in the MBA elective curriculum.

          As an empirical behavioral and experimental... View Details

          • 09 Aug 2011
          • First Look

          First Look: August 9

          assessing the environmental impact of BPS which incorporates the impact of the optimal operating and licensing strategies. Is Experimental Economics Living Up to Its Promise? Author:Alvin E. Roth... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 2011
          • Article

          Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals

          By: Rafael Di Tella
          We describe the evolution of selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where beliefs about... View Details
          Keywords: Crime and Corruption
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          • 2011
          • Working Paper

          Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals

          By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
          We describe the evolution of selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where beliefs about... View Details
          Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economy; Moral Sensibility; Mathematical Methods; Opportunities; Behavior; United States
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          Intra-Household Decision Making

          Professor Ashraf's research in intra-household decision making examines how households make financial and health decisions, particularly in the presence of asymmetric information or benefits.

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          • 10 Dec 2019
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          A Journal-Based Replication of 'Being Chosen to Lead'

          Keywords: by Erik Snowberg, Allan Drazen, Anna Dreber, and Erkut Y. Ozbay
          • April 1999
          • Teaching Note

          Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)

          By: Stefan H. Thomke
          Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help... View Details
          Keywords: Transition; Business or Company Management; Product Development; Personal Development and Career; Science; Technology Adoption
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          • 24 Jan 2018
          • Research & Ideas

          How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

          interventions that help us cultivate the good ones.” Related Reading: The Business of Behavioral Economics Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia The Role of Incentive Salience in Habit... View Details
          Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
          • 23 Apr 2018
          • Research & Ideas

          Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

          with a focus on gender. A few years ago, the two of them decided to team up on a laboratory study on the value of sponsorship. “We took her applied interest—how companies are actually using sponsorship programs to address [the gender gap]—and tried to bring to bear... View Details
          Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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          Microfinance

          "Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines." (with Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin) Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 2, 2006.
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          Health

          "Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia." (with James Berry and Jesse Shapiro) August 2008,  American Economic Review, December 2010.View Details

          • 11 Aug 2003
          • Research & Ideas

          Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

          Innovation and experimentation are vital to the longevity of any organization, says Stefan H. Thomke in his new book Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. In... View Details
          Keywords: by Wendy Guild
          • 2014
          • Chapter

          Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

          By: Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
          This chapter reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies... View Details
          Keywords: Innovation; Agglomeration; Clusters; Place Making; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; United States
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            Alison Wood Brooks

            Alison Wood Brooks is the O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches a cutting-edge course in the MBA elective curriculum called "How... View Details

            • 07 Dec 2011
            • News

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