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  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

different types of physicians. By understanding the dynamic effect of sales calls across heterogeneous physicians, we provide guidance on the design of optimal call patterns for route sales. The findings reveal that the long-term... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

substantial variation in management practices across organizations in every country and every sector, mirroring the heterogeneity in the spread of performance in these sectors. One factor linked to this variation is ownership. Government,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

coefficients aggregate discrete choice model-which accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success-and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous firms. For our preferred calibration, the model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
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Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

have to select as heterogeneous a group as possible, representing different experiences, thinking styles, cultures, and attitudes. Sometimes, groups get a boost from the addition of customers or professionals from outside the company who... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
  • 01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

alluring qualities of a brand without committing to it. We propose that brand flirting is exciting and that when consumers flirt with a brand other than their typically preferred brand in the same product category, they can transfer this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little about the persons who receive their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

dampen competition online and enable price discrimination in-store. Its effectiveness in these respects depends on the decision-making stage of consumers and the heterogeneity of their preference for the... View Details
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16645 Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Mikhail Golosov, Maxim Troshkin, Aleh Tsyvinski, and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

also find substantial variation in management practices across organizations in every country and every sector, mirroring the heterogeneity in the spread of performance in these sectors. One factor linked to this variation is ownership.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

consumption, reviewing research in which people forgo positive physical consumption—and even choose negative physical consumption—in order to engage in conceptual consumption. Finally, we outline how conceptual consumption informs research examining both View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

complete abandonment of the current system. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13213 Institutional Tax Clienteles and Payout Policy Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Li Jin Abstract This paper employs heterogeneity in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

common in negotiations and that many negotiators prefer to palter than to lie by commission. Paltering, however, may promote conflict fueled by self-serving interpretations; palterers focus on the veracity of their statements (“I told the... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

Working Papers Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations By: Akcigit, Ufuk, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We study how external versus internal innovations promote economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2012
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Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

preferences for unbundling among agencies and their clients. Using microdata collected by the US Census Bureau from 1982 to 2007, the researchers found that agencies were more likely to unbundle if they were large and diversified in their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

threat—it can also reveal significant underlying heterogeneity in the old technology's broader demand environment. This heterogeneity is a source of opportunities that can support a new position for the old... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

influences risk-taking by enhancing one's sense of control. Across multiple inductions of guilt, we demonstrate that experimentally induced guilt enhances optimism about risks for the self (Study 1), preferences for gambles versus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

allocations for general, substitutable, and strongly substitutable preferences. Apart from obtaining "set inclusion results" on all three domains, we introduce weak setwise stability as a new stability concept and prove that for substitutable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace