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- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
2017 Annual Review of Economics Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development By: Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong Abstract—This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
More than one decade after the fall of apartheid, and despite ambitious economic reforms by the ANC government, foreign direct investment flows into South Africa averaged around two-thirds less than investments in comparable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
opportunities and verify that two similar equilibria emerge. Gross National Happiness as an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox? Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Periodical:Journal of Development View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla Abstract—This paper shows that the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
agencies such as the USDA is to protect public health and safety; based on previous economic theory, however, Hiatt started with a different assumption—the primary goal of an agency is really to protect its own legitimacy. After all, it's... View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53540 2017 Swedish Economic Forum Report 2017: Svensk konkurrenskraft The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017 By: Ketels, Christian H.M. Abstract—The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
relative to the prevailing screening method of colonoscopy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53345 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Temporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
local economic development. The reserve was in a region in the northeastern part of the country, not far from Mozambique, that sorely called out for progress in both these dimensions. The Sabi Sand Game reserve (within which Londolozi was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
approach, you can get more efficiency out of the system and still have a nice balance of fairness when you have two conflicting programs in the system." According to the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, the cost associated with... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
the changing social and economic environments in which consumers live, and that their offerings enhanced people's lives in meaningful ways. A third important factor in understanding how these entrepreneurs created such successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
for rigorous accounting research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50473 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Hiding Personal Information Reveals the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Trump needs to step up the focus on small business and ensure this critical part of our economy is part of every economic discussion his team has. So far, his attention seems to be on big business — aside from his nomination of Linda... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article instead analyses how the WTO has sought legitimacy for itself and for the underlying institution of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
private capital sources," says Dubrowski, a founding partner of The Lionstone Group, a Houston-based investment firm. They took big risks and hoped for big rewards. The 1980s brought additional players to the table, none driven by purely View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
network relations for others. An analysis of the population dynamics of the intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) that are the basis of the interstate networks that influenced global economic relations, peace, and democracy in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne