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- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52652 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We study whether stock indexes can be a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5
markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
show that politicians use school ties as a mechanism to engage in vote trading ("logrolling"), and that alumni networks help facilitate the procurement of discretionary earmarks. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6
positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. In order to provide an explanation for this empirical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
the state. "This is not to say that the services provided by MNCs are not beneficial, but they are not the foundation for sustainable development if what remains behind is inefficient, and possibly corrupt, government." Abrami's research focuses on... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
effectively, where they can be damaging, and where additional complementary mechanisms to spur innovation may be appropriate. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/patents_creative_destructive.pdf Working Papers Does... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
non-connected stocks by up to 7.8% per year. Returns are concentrated around corporate news announcements, consistent with mutual fund managers gaining an informational advantage through the education networks. Our results suggest that social networks may be an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 19
entry of new female candidates, no change in female or male voter turnout, and no spillover effects to neighboring areas. Further analysis points to a reduction in party bias against women candidates as the main mechanism driving the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
also accounts reasonably well for the large gyration in stock prices over this period. Finally, the endogenous adoption mechanism plays a significant role in amplifying other shocks. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29
qualitatively confirm the mechanism of industry migration proposed in models like Duranton. [Duranton, G., 2007. "Urban Evolutions: The Fast, the Slow, and the Still." American Economic Review 97, 197.221]. Download the paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
channel is selection and market reallocation whereby competition leads to factor reallocation both within and between domestic firms and exits of the least productive firms. We investigate the roles of these different mechanisms in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
(forthcoming) Abstract We explore the existence and underlying neural mechanism of a new norm endorsed by both black and white Americans for managing interracial interactions: "racial paralysis," the tendency to opt out of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
across nine studies. Study one, conducted at a university, was designed to determine whether temporariness impacts disclosure and the impressions made upon others. Participants were asked to take a selfie and told that it would be displayed on the school’s “Moment... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
agency—that expands access to credit to small businesses across America with an overall loss rate under 5 percent—should be viewed as a huge asset, as it most certainly was when I joined the agency in 2009 at the height of the credit crisis. SBA’s loan guarantee... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
distinct geographic markets, we show that such combinations can reduce competition among merging hospitals for inclusion in insurers' networks, leading to higher prices (or lower-quality care). Using data on hospital mergers from 1996 to 2012, we find support that this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007
that a monopolistic market maker is able to extract from impatient investors. The mechanism for trade is a limit order, and immediacy is supplied when the limit order is executed. We show that limit orders are American options and their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
"T-shaped managers," that is, they focus on individual unit performance (the vertical part of the T) and contributions across units (the horizontal part of the T). BP has put in place several mechanisms to nurture T-shaped... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
holders for your stock because they do not trade much. Getting back to Japan, the stock splits can be thought of a form of float manipulation. By limiting the number of shares on the market, and making it difficult to sell, prices can only go up. A similar View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
self-control) in one domain subsequently reduces one's capacity to regulate behavior in other domains. One reason is that people have limited self-regulatory resources, and self-regulatory failure occurs when these resources become overwhelmed. This paper provides... View Details