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      Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes

      By: Katherine L Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay and Max H. Bazerman
      Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Outcome or Result
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      Milkman, Katherine L., Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman. "Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 117, no. 1 (January 2012): 158–167.
      • 2012
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      Prosperity at Risk: Findings of Harvard Business School's Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

      By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
      Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Competition; United States
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      Porter, Michael E., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Prosperity at Risk: Findings of Harvard Business School's Survey on U.S. Competitiveness." January 2012. (Report.)
      • 2012
      • Article

      The Excess Burden of Government Indecision

      By: Francisco J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Luis M. Viceira
      Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts economic decisions relative to what would arise with early policy resolution. In so doing, it... View Details
      Keywords: Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retirement; Policy; Government and Politics
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      Gomes, Francisco J., Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Luis M. Viceira. "The Excess Burden of Government Indecision." Tax Policy and the Economy 26 (2012): 125–163.
      • December 2011
      • Case

      Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi

      By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
      Describes the background and career of Lakhdar Brahimi in numerous roles ranging from Algeria's ambassador to Indonesia and the Arab League, to serving as that country's foreign minister, and to his many years at the United Nations, with special emphasis on his actions... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Conflict Management; Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Algeria
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      Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Peace, Non-Aligned: The Pragmatic Optimism of Lakhdar Brahimi." Harvard Business School Case 912-028, December 2011.
      • December 2011
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      Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?

      By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
      This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In... View Details
      Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence
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      Cohen, Lauren, Joshua Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" Journal of Political Economy 119, no. 6 (December 2011): 1015–1060. (Click here for a response to Snyder and Welch, click here for the data, and click here for the code.)
      • 30 Nov 2011
      • Keynote Speech

      Democracy in America: Constructive Competition or Politics as War?

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Keywords: Competition; Government and Politics; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Democracy in America: Constructive Competition or Politics as War?" Summit on U.S. Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, November 30, 2011. (Moderator.)
      • November 2011 (Revised December 2013)
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      The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (A)

      By: Luis M. Viceira, Joel Heilprin, Andrew S. Holmes and Damian M. Zajac
      A hedge fund is deciding whether to liquidate its position in Apollo Group, a for-profit education firm, in light of significant political and macro-economic uncertainty facing the industry. As part of the investment analysis a complete discounted cash flow analysis... View Details
      Keywords: Higher Education; Internet and the Web; Education Industry; Technology Industry
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      Viceira, Luis M., Joel Heilprin, Andrew S. Holmes, and Damian M. Zajac. "The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (A)." Harvard Business School Case 212-045, November 2011. (Revised December 2013.)
      • October 2011
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      CNBM: Rolling Up China's Cement Industry

      By: Joseph L. Bower and G.A. Donovan
      The Chinese government has charged Song Zhiping with the job of rationalizing China's cement industry. He has acquired 200 plus companies, but the industry is still fractured. Can he succeed? View Details
      Keywords: Industry Growth; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Government and Politics; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; China
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      Bower, Joseph L., and G.A. Donovan. "CNBM: Rolling Up China's Cement Industry." Harvard Business School Case 312-067, October 2011.
      • October 25, 2011
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      Herman Cain and Mitt Romney, Is There a Reason No CEO Has Been Elected President?

      By: Gautam Mukunda and Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Government and Politics; Management
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      Mukunda, Gautam, and Rakesh Khurana. "Herman Cain and Mitt Romney, Is There a Reason No CEO Has Been Elected President?" Washington Post, On Leadership (October 25, 2011).
      • October 2011 (Revised July 2012)
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      Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
      Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (B) is a supplementary exercise to go along with Mike Mayo takes on Citigroup (A) case and is designed to give students an opportunity to understand the creation of deferred tax liabilities (DTLs) and the life cycle of a DTL using an... View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Accounting; Banking Industry
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 112-051, October 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
      • October 2011 (Revised March 2015)
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      SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis

      By: Shawn Cole and Yannick Saleman
      SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details
      Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India
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      Cole, Shawn, and Yannick Saleman. "SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 212-018, October 2011. (Revised March 2015.)
      • October 2011 (Revised October 2011)
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      Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B)

      By: Matthew Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers
      President Obama signs a major fiscal stimulus package and then must debate whether to extend the Bush tax cuts.
      Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case supplement's author, that provides suggestions for using this case supplement... View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Government and Politics; United States
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      Weinzierl, Matthew, and Jacob Kuipers. "Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-012, October 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
      • October 2011 (Revised October 2011)
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      Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (TN) (B)

      By: Matthew Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers
      Teaching Note for 712-012. View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Government and Politics; United States
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      Weinzierl, Matthew, and Jacob Kuipers. "Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (TN) (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-013, October 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
      • October 2011 (Revised August 2017)
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      Veracity Worldwide in Syria: Assessing Political Risk in a Volatile Environment

      By: Aldo Musacchio and Sophus A. Reinert
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Syria
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      Musacchio, Aldo, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Veracity Worldwide in Syria: Assessing Political Risk in a Volatile Environment." Harvard Business School Case 712-009, October 2011. (Revised August 2017.)
      • October 2011
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      Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli
      We construct measures of the extent to which the four main newspapers in Argentina report government corruption in their front page during the period 1998-2007 and correlate them with government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Advertising; Government and Politics; Newspapers; Media; Argentina
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Ignacio Franceschelli. "Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3, no. 4 (October 2011): 119–151.
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      Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights

      By: James K. Sebenius
      In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural, and psychological insight if there is to be any prospect of... View Details
      Keywords: National Security; Negotiation; Power and Influence; Iran; United States
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      Sebenius, James K. "Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights." Negotiation Journal 27, no. 4 (October 2011): 493–497.
      • 2013
      • Working Paper

      The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying

      By: William R. Kerr, William F. Lincoln and Prachi Mishra
      We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel data set covering 1998–2006. Our data exhibit three striking facts: (i) few firms lobby, (ii) lobbying status is strongly associated with firm size, and (iii) lobbying status is highly... View Details
      Keywords: Lobbying; Political Economy; H-1B; Business Ventures; Policy; Government Legislation; Immigration; Business and Government Relations; Research; Prejudice and Bias
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      Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra. "The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-034, October 2011. (Revised August 2013.)
      • October 2011
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      The Surprising Power of Age-Dependent Taxes

      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
      This article provides a new, empirically driven application of the dynamic Mirrleesian framework by studying a feasible and potentially powerful tax reform: age-dependent labor income taxation. I show analytically how age dependence improves policy on both the... View Details
      Keywords: Taxation; Policy; Age; Income; Mathematical Methods; Welfare; United States
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      Weinzierl, Matthew C. "The Surprising Power of Age-Dependent Taxes." Review of Economic Studies 78, no. 4 (October 2011): 1490–1518. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-114, May 2011.)
      • 2011
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      Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      Historians have traditionally used the discourses of free trade and laissez-faire to explain the development of political economy during the Enlightenment. But from Sophus Reinert's perspective, eighteenth-century political economy can be understood only in the context... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Government and Politics
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      Reinert, Sophus A. Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. (Received the 2012 Joseph J. Spengler Prize for the best book in the history of economics.)
      • August 2011 (Revised July 2012)
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      Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
      The case details the conflict between Mike Mayo, an influential banking analyst and Citigroup about what Mayo considers aggressive accounting policies. Mike Mayo questions Citigroup's lack of a valuation allowance against their Deferred Tax Assets despite Citi's recent... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Taxation; Capital; Financial Reporting; Corporate Disclosure; Valuation; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Money; Conflict Management; Capital Budgeting; Asset Management; Banking Industry
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)." Harvard Business School Case 112-025, August 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
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