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Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We study unemployment benefit provision when the family also provides social insurance. In the benchmark case, more generous State transfers crowd out family risk-sharing one-for-one. An extension gives the State an advantage in enforcing transfers through taxes... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Background Note
Democracy
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
Surveys scholarship on democracy and democratization. Describes the relationship between democracy and the environment of business, including capitalist economic institutions, economic growth, economic reform, and international relations. View Details
- December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Argentina's Convertibility Plan
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1989 to 1995, with a focus on the role of the currency board. Culminates in Argentine policy makers (Menem in particular) contemplating how to respond to the tequila crisis in the middle of 1995.... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Argentine Paradox: The, Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1900 to 1989, with a focus on the role of Peron and populism. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
'Pure Accidents' and the Evolving Bias of American Liability Law
By: David Moss and Michael Fein
- July 4, 2001
- Editorial
An Economy for Kosovo, One Building Block at a Time
By: David A. Moss and Bruce R. Scott
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Revisiting Coase's Federal Communications Commission: The Costs of Problematic History
By: David Moss and Michael Fein
- May 2001 (Revised October 2002)
- Teaching Note
Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles? (TN)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
Teaching Note for (9-701-076). View Details
Keywords: Russia
- May 2001
- Case
Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate (Abridged)
By: David A. Moss
Examines the extended conflict between free traders and protectionists in 19th century Britain. It culminates with Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel's decision at the end of 1845 about whether to repeal the Corn Laws, a series of acts that had protected British... View Details
- 2001
- Working Paper
Using a Terrorist Attack to Estimate the Effect of Police on Crime
By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
- April 2001
- Case
Corruption in International Business (B)
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Rafael M. Di Tella
Focuses on efforts to combat corruption. Approaches include international laws, international agreements, efforts by international development organizations, and private efforts by firms and nongovernmental organizations. View Details
- March 2001
- Case
Corruption in International Business (A)
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Rafael M. Di Tella
Explores various aspects of corruption in international business, in two sections. The first section provides a broad discussion of the ethical, business, and legal aspects of corruption. The second section provides a series of "caselets" that are designed to promote... View Details
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
German Hyperinflation of 1923, The TN
By: David A. Moss and Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for (1-798-048). View Details
Keywords: Germany
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000
Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
Creating the International Trade Organization TN
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (9-798-057). View Details
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
Crisis at the Federal Reserve: Arthur Burns and the Stagflation of 1973-75 TN
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (9-797-079). View Details
Keywords: United States
- March 2001
- Teaching Note
Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate TN
By: David A. Moss
Teaching Note for (9-701-080). View Details