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Mellon Hall | About

2000 to provide 72 single rooms with private baths and to meet modern accessibility requirements. During the project, which was led by Finegold Alexander & Associates architects, some of the... View Details
  • August 2008 (Revised July 2009)
  • Supplement

Gazprom (C): The Ukrainian Crisis and Its Aftermath

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Sogomon Tarontsi and Alexander Jorov
The case describes the resolution to the January 2006 gas crisis, precipitated by the decision of Gazprom, the largest natural gas producer in the world, to cut off gas supply to Ukraine because of disagreement on the terms of future trade. The case also narrates the... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Non-Renewable Energy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict Management; Reputation; Energy Industry; Russia; Ukraine
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Media versus Special Interests

By: Alexander Dyck, David Moss and Luigi Zingales
We argue that profit-maximizing media help to overcome the rational ignorance problem highlighted by Anthony Downs. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment, media are able to inform passive voters about regulation and other public policy issues, acting... View Details
Keywords: Media; Profit; Government and Politics
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  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Portrait Project

Navroz D. Udwadia

with drinking water and electricity in every village. Millions of people exploring life, expressing talents and living in peaceful prosperity. An India governed by upright leaders capable of shepherding the country to its rightful place... View Details
  • April 2020
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Designs for Estimating the Treatment Effect in Networks with Interference

By: Ravi Jagadeesan, Natesh S. Pillai and Alexander Volfovsky
In this paper, we introduce new, easily implementable designs for drawing causal inference from randomized experiments on networks with interference. Inspired by the idea of matching in observational studies, we introduce the notion of considering a treatment... View Details
Keywords: Experimental Design; Network Inference; Neyman Estimator; Symmetric Interference Model; Homophily
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Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds

By: Mark Egan, Alexander J. MacKay and Hanbin Yang
We use a revealed-preference approach to estimate investor expectations of stock market returns. Using data on demand for index funds that follow the S&P 500, we develop and estimate a model of investor choice to flexibly recover the time-varying distribution of... View Details
Keywords: Stock Market Expectations; Demand Estimation; Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs); Demand and Consumers; Investment
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds

By: Mark Egan, Alexander J. MacKay and Hanbin Yang
We use a revealed-preference approach to estimate investor expectations of stock market returns. Using data on demand for index funds that follow the S&P 500, we develop and estimate a model of investor choice to flexibly recover the time-varying distribution of... View Details
Keywords: Stock Market Expectations; Demand Estimation; Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs); Demand and Consumers; Investment; United States
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Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity

investments. Race & Racial Justice The New Jim Crow By: Michelle Alexander Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book.... View Details
  • 14 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 14

relationship, it remains difficult to determine which firms any given piece of legislation will affect, and how it will affect them. By observing the actions of legislators whose constituents are the affected firms, we can gather insights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

of the Year by History Today . Caroline M. Elkins : Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was selected for the 2022 Books of the Year by New Statesman . Caroline M.... View Details
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how core consumers of selective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Media versus Special Interests

By: Alexander Dyck, David A. Moss and Luigi Zingales
We argue that profit-maximizing media helps overcome the problem of "rational ignorance" highlighted by Downs (1957) and in so doing makes elected representatives more sensitive to the interests of general voters. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment,... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; United States
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  • May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
  • Case

Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry

By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is, however, increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Investment; Markets; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Finance , October 2009). Mihir A. Desai : Winner of the Second Place 2007 Jensen Prize presented by Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations for his paper with View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Contract Duration and the Costs of Market Transactions

By: Alexander MacKay
The optimal duration of a supply contract balances the costs of reselecting a supplier against the costs of being matched to an inefficient supplier when the contract lasts too long. I develop a structural model of contract duration that captures this tradeoff and... View Details
Keywords: Vertical Relationships; Transaction Costs; Contract Duration; Identification; Supply Chain; Cost; Contracts; Auctions; Mathematical Methods
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  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton and the hard-bargaining style of Herb Cohen's You Can Negotiate Anything. Now Michael Wheeler provides a dynamic alternative to one-size-fits-all strategies that don't match... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Flows by Attracting Big Clients” ( Journal of Finance , October 2009). Mihir A. Desai : Winner of the Second Place 2007 Jensen Prize presented by Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate... View Details
  • March 2017
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Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM

By: Alexander MacKay and David A. Smith
This article discusses the empirical challenges that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and methodology. We... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Antitrust Law; Resale Price Maintenance; Welfare Economics; Price; Competition; Research
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