Publications

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December 2004
Article

When the State is Untrustworthy: Public Finance and Private Banking in Porfirian Mexico

By: Noel Maurer and Andrei Gomberg

Keywords: Finance; Banks and Banking; Trust; Mexico

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2003
Book

The Politics of Property Rights: Political Instability, Credible Commitments, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1876-1929

By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo

Keywords: Property; Rights; Government and Politics; Economics; Growth and Development; History; Mexico

May 2010 (Revised November 2012)
Case

The Smart Grid

By: Rebecca Henderson, Noel Maurer and Catherine Ross

The development of the smart grid—the integration of traditional elements of energy transmission and delivery with information technology—heralds a new era in the power industry. Many new business opportunities will be created as the smart grid gets developed. What... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development; Information Technology; Strategy; Energy Industry

Educators

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013 by Noel Maurer (Princeton University Press) Throughout the last century, US governments... View Details

October 2012 (Revised June 2013)
Case

YPF — The Argentine Oil Nationalization of 2012

By: Noel Maurer and Gustavo A. Herrero

Keywords: Oil Prices; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Industry; Argentina; South America

Educators

25 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

grow and become successful, they are often marked by the negative stigma associated with size and power, which elicits anticorporate sentiment from consumers. An underdog brand biography can be strategically wielded to prevent or offset... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2006
Working Paper

Natural Resources, Institutions, and Civil War: Lessons from Mexico

By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo

December 2012 (Revised March 2013)
Supplement

Pemex (B): The Rebound?

By: Aldo Musacchio, Noel Maurer and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

Keywords: Turnarounds; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; State-owned Enterprises; Energy; Corporate Governance; Energy Industry; Mexico; North America

March 2003
Article

When the Law Does Not Matter: The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Oil Industry

By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo

Keywords: Law; Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Energy Industry

2008
Book

Mexico Since 1980

By: Stephen Haber, Herb Klein, Noel Maurer and Kevin Middlebrook

This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Law Enforcement; Welfare or Wellbeing; Mexico

July 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Teaching Note

The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry (TN)

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio

Teaching Note to 706043. View Details

Keywords: Markets; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho

December 2011
Teaching Note

Colbun - Powering Chile (TN)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Michael W. Toffel, Noel Maurer and Frederik Nellemann

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Chile