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    Rational Habit Formation

    Regular handwashing with soap is believed to have substantial impacts on child health in the developing world. Most handwashing campaigns have failed, however, to establish and maintain a regular practice of handwashing. Motivated by scholarship that suggests... View Details

    • 20 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

    reason was that the United States no longer had any need to control Panama Canal tolls. There was no longer any reason to prevent a Panamanian canal operator from trying to charge as much as the market would bear. Additionally, the Panama... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
    • April 2020
    • Article

    A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance

    By: Abhijit Banerjee, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero and Erik Snowberg
    This paper studies the problem of experiment design by an ambiguity-averse decisionmaker who trades off subjective expected performance against robust performance guarantees. This framework accounts for real-world experimenters’ preference for randomization. It also... View Details
    Keywords: Experiment Design; Experimenters; Theory; Performance
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    Banerjee, Abhijit, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero, and Erik Snowberg. "A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance." American Economic Review 110, no. 4 (April 2020): 1206–1230.
    • October 2002
    • Case

    A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Bradley Campbell
    John Crowley, CEO of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, a start-up biotechnology firm developing an orphan drug to treat a rare lysosomal storage disorder from which his children suffer, must choose between a partnership and a buyout to have sufficient funds and support to get... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Sales; Price; Product Development; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Bradley Campbell. "A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 603-048, October 2002.
    • May 2020
    • Article

    Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment

    By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low and Kathleen McGinn
    Using a randomized control trial, we examine whether offering adolescent girls nonmaterial resources—specifically, negotiation skills—can improve educational outcomes in a low-income country. In so doing, we provide the first evidence on the effects of an intervention... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; Competency and Skills; Training; Age; Gender; Education; Investment; Outcome or Result; Developing Countries and Economies
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    Ashraf, Nava, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, and Kathleen McGinn. "Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment." Quarterly Journal of Economics 135, no. 2 (May 2020): 1095–1151.
    • August 2017
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    Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

    By: Céline Braconnier, Jean-Yves Dormagen and Vincent Pons
    A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one... View Details
    Keywords: Elections; Politics; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France
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    Braconnier, Céline, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons. "Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France." American Political Science Review 111, no. 3 (August 2017): 584–604. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-098, March 2016.)
    • 2006
    • Article

    Deposit Collectors

    By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
    Informal lending and savings institutions exist around the world, and often include regular door-to-door deposit collection of cash. Some banks have adopted similar services in order to expand access to banking services in areas that lack physical branches. Using a... View Details
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    Ashraf, Nava, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "Deposit Collectors." Art. 5. Special Issue on Field Experiments. Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy 6, no. 2 (2006).
    • September 1997 (Revised August 2007)
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    Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Jason Auerbach
    Marvel Entertainment Group is the leading comic book publisher in the United States, with superheros like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America. It is also one of the leading manufacturers of sports and entertainment trading cards under the... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance Controls; Courts and Trials; Planning; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    Esty, Benjamin C., and Jason Auerbach. "Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group." Harvard Business School Case 298-059, September 1997. (Revised August 2007.)
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    Petting Away Pre-exam Stress: The Effect of Therapy Dog Sessions on Student Well-being

    By: Emma Ward-Griffin, Patrick Klaiber, Hanne Collins, Rhea L. Owens, Stanley Coren and Frances S Chen
    Recently, many universities have implemented programmes in which therapy dogs and their handlers visit college campuses. Despite the immense popularity of therapy dog sessions, few randomized studies have empirically tested the efficacy of such programmes. The present... View Details
    Keywords: Well-being; Happiness
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    Ward-Griffin, Emma, Patrick Klaiber, Hanne Collins, Rhea L. Owens, Stanley Coren, and Frances S Chen. "Petting Away Pre-exam Stress: The Effect of Therapy Dog Sessions on Student Well-being." Stress & Health 34, no. 3 (August 2018): 468–473.
    • 2013
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    Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space

    By: Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
    We study the impact of peer behavior on the adoption of mobile apps in a social network. To identify social influence properly, we introduce latent space as an approach to control for latent homophily, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together." In a series of... View Details
    Keywords: Social Influence; Social Network; Mobile App; Peer Effects; Latent Homophily; Latent Space; Proxy Variables; Familiarity; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Power and Influence; Social Media
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    Davin, Joseph P., Sunil Gupta, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-053, January 2014.
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    Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India

    By: Sarthak Gaurav, Shawn A. Cole and Jeremy Tobacman
    Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with financial products, low levels of education, and low financial literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports... View Details
    Keywords: Literacy; Insurance; Marketing; Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Financial Instruments; Emerging Markets; Education; Personal Finance; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Gujarat
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    Gaurav, Sarthak, Shawn A. Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Marketing Complex Financial Products in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Rainfall Insurance in India." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 48, no. SPL (November 2011): S150–S162.
    • February 2018
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    Retention Futility: Targeting High-Risk Customers Might Be Ineffective.

    By: Eva Ascarza
    Companies in a variety of sectors are increasingly managing customer churn proactively, generally by detecting customers at the highest risk of churning and targeting retention efforts towards them. While there is a vast literature on developing churn prediction models... View Details
    Keywords: Retention/churn; Proactive Churn Management; Field Experiments; Heterogeneous Treatment Effect; Machine Learning; Customer Relationship Management; Risk Management
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    Ascarza, Eva. "Retention Futility: Targeting High-Risk Customers Might Be Ineffective." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 55, no. 1 (February 2018): 80–98.
    • 27 Jan 2022
    • HBS Seminar

    Hamsa Bastani, Wharton

    • 2024
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    The Cram Method for Efficient Simultaneous Learning and Evaluation

    By: Zeyang Jia, Kosuke Imai and Michael Lingzhi Li
    We introduce the "cram" method, a general and efficient approach to simultaneous learning and evaluation using a generic machine learning (ML) algorithm. In a single pass of batched data, the proposed method repeatedly trains an ML algorithm and tests its empirical... View Details
    Keywords: AI and Machine Learning
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    Jia, Zeyang, Kosuke Imai, and Michael Lingzhi Li. "The Cram Method for Efficient Simultaneous Learning and Evaluation." Working Paper, March 2024.
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    Optimal Decision Making Under Uncertainty

    Inventory control problems in supply chains.  In this stream of theoretical research, Professor Goh has investigated how inventory should be optimally managed in supply chains. Specifically, he has studied how supply chains can make decisions to operate... View Details

    • 10 Feb 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Chris Blattman, Associate Professor, Columbia SIPA

    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India

    By: Thomas Bossuroy, Clara Delavallade and Vincent Pons
    Developing countries increasingly use biometric identification technology in hopes of improving the reliability of administrative information and delivering social services more efficiently. This paper exploits the random placement of biometric tracking devices in... View Details
    Keywords: Biometric Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Quality; Performance Improvement; India
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    Bossuroy, Thomas, Clara Delavallade, and Vincent Pons. "Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 26388, October 2019. (Revise and resubmit requested, Review of Economics and Statistics.)
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    Overview

    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
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    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
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    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
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