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Some Uses of Happiness Data in Economics

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

Keywords: Happiness; Analytics and Data Science; Economics

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1998
Working Paper

The Consequences of Labour Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

1999
Working Paper

Unemployment Shocks and Endogenous Labor Market Institutions

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Laura Winig

In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Profit; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; United States

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February 2023
Teaching Note

The Trouble with TCE

By: Vincent Pons and Rafael Di Tella

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-031. View Details

June 2015
Teaching Note

The 'Chinese Dream': Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

By: Rafael Di Tella and Meg Rithmire

2010
Working Paper

Peronist Beliefs and Interventionist Policies

By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra

We study the logic of Peronist interventionist polices and the beliefs that support them. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron's speeches during the period... View Details

Keywords: History; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Argentina

2010
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Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond 'Basic Needs'

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985 to 2000, and data on the well-being of over 600,000 people in a panel of European countries... View Details

Keywords: Wealth and Poverty; Happiness; Human Needs; Income; Adaptation; Economic Growth

2000
Working Paper

Unemployment Benefits as a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

2000
Working Paper

Empirical Determinants of Chief Political Officer Pay

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ray Fisman

2002
Working Paper

Partisan Social Happiness

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

material exchange in labor relations). Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16621 Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others Authors:Rafael Di View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2017
Working Paper

Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events

By: Rafael Di Tella, Lucia Freira, Ramiro H. Gálvez, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Diego Shalom and Mariano Sigman

We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Perspective; Behavior

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2001
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Shining Light in Dark Corners

By: Rafael Di Tella and William D. Savedoff

November 2004
Teaching Note

Spain: Straddling the Atlantic (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note to (9-705-006). View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Transformation; Relationships; Labor; Markets; War; Economy; Spain

May 2004 (Revised June 2005)
Background Note

Exchange Rate Regimes

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

There are many options for a country in the management of monetary policy. At the most basic level is the decision of whether to adopt a fixed or a floating exchange rate. Introduces the economics behind exchange rates and the debate between fixed vs. floating regimes. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Policy; Macroeconomics; Country

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