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- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs. Another surprisingly small factor in the industry's development was concern about the environment and sustainable energy. Although government subsidies and other public policies helped jump start large-scale R&D in wind... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
particularly textiles and agriculture, to compete globally. He said it is estimated that 27 million jobs in the developing world have not been created due to subsidies on farm and textile products in developed countries. According to... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
and its implied elasticities are in the ballpark of a range of micro estimates. We find industrial policy subsidizing either the R&D or the continued operation of incumbents reduces growth and welfare. For example, a subsidy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
typically each government used artificially low energy prices to keep the population subdued and the revenues from Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF) to finance these subsidies or worse to line their pockets. Many of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
that has actually destroyed value. Some of Hutton's examples, such as the ascendancy of Airbus vs. Boeing, will rekindle the controversy about the importance of state subsidies to each. But his arguments raise a number of useful... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
reflected both home country subsidies for wind energy and strong local content policies, while successful firms pursued successful strategies to acquire technologies and develop their own capabilities. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
to let the market provide direction when offering subsidies to stimulate entrepreneurial and venture activity. Understanding the need for, and active encouragement of, strong interconnections with entrepreneurs and investors overseas,... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
gap discourages research effort directed towards clean technologies. Carbon taxes and research subsidies may nonetheless encourage production and innovation in clean technologies, though the transition will typically be slow. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
that process, and uneconomic decisions are made, often involving subsidies to make up for manmade market imperfections. What’s to be done to encourage investment in low-wage workers, the question of the month? SayHowItReallyIs made... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
of very large challenges, including that of how to grow a nearly half-trillion-dollar organization charged with everything from bribery in its Mexican operation to discrimination in its labor policies, and blamed for low wages and reliance on indirect societal View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
the majority of the poorest corn farmers in Mexico report that they never sell any corn, (2) Mexico's own policies (signing NAFTA) have dramatically reduced the Mexican producer price of corn, (3) U.S. corn subsidies have had a limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
the exchanges. However, practically speaking, it is unlikely that many of them will be able to afford those plans without the federal government subsidies they received through the exchanges. Around 85 percent of consumers buying... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
ownership. A tax subsidy like the mortgage interest deduction, which reduces the amount of money available to the federal government by $100 billion a year, is understandably at risk today because of our concern with deficit reduction. To... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity when firms own a portfolio... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
the operating decisions of the waste-to-energy firm. Our analyses suggest that if the social planner's objective is to maximize landfill diversion, offering a subsidy as a per kilowatt-hour for electricity is more cost effective, whereas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
retail channel made up of thousands of small neighborhood shops called bakalas. In October 2018, all three of these focal points were under pressure. Under the economic-restructuring programs of Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, new taxes and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details