Income - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 1992 (Revised April 1993)
Background Note

Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: When Is Income Earned?

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

An introduction to the accrual concept used in accounting and its importance to revenue recognition and the matching concept. To be used in conjunction with inventory valuation cases where delivery may not constitute a sale and revenue. View Details

Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Logistics; Value; Revenue Recognition

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07 Apr 2014
News

Idea to overhaul social welfare assistance with guaranteed income spurs debate and diverse support

January 2016 (Revised April 2017)
Case

The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies

By: W. Carl Kester

This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning finance students. Analysis of the case requires students to compare the prices of put and call options with various exercise prices and maturity dates on two... View Details

Keywords: Options; Option Contract; Option Pricing; Derivatives; Mutual Funds; Call Options; Put Options; Stock Options; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Financial Services Industry; United States

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18 Oct 2019
News

Companies’ Non-GAAP Adjustments to Net Income Have Soared

Affordable Housing and Low Income Housing Tax Credits

This background note explores the basic themes surrounding the government's approach to providing housing: namely its shift from a supplier and builder of affordable housing to an approach that focuses on demand-side solutions and indirect subsidies to private... View Details

19 Dec 2012
News

The Unequal State of America: Does income inequality matter? And how?

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Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports

Research Topics Suggested Resources Bond data FactSet A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from global fixed income markets. Individual accounts needed. Please see More Info page for instructions on signing up... View Details

03 Oct 2024
HBS Conference

International and Intra-national Comparison of Prices and Income

2001
Article

The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax

By: M. A. Desai

Keywords: Taxation; Motivation and Incentives

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April 2002
Article

Perceptions of Equity and the Distribution of Income

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

Keywords: Perception; Equity; Compensation and Benefits

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30 May 2013
News

Tax Only the Income Earned in the U.S.

July 2021
Article

Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich

By: Oliver P. Hauser, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak and Michael I. Norton

Four experiments examine how the lack of awareness of inequality affects behaviour towards the rich and poor. In Experiment 1, participants who became aware that wealthy individuals donated a smaller percentage of their income switched from rewarding the wealthy to... View Details

Keywords: Income Transparency; Income; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Knowledge; Behavior; Outcome or Result; Society; Policy

2019
Working Paper

Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households

By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis

The federal government currently spends over $100 billion per year on policies aimed to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among low income households. These include price-, nutrition education-, and access-related interventions. Currently, the government... View Details

Keywords: Bi-level Optimization; Optimal Subsidies; Public Policy; Food Policy; Central Planner; Government Administration; Poverty; Food; Nutrition

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