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  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

effects of RER changes in terms of differences in export intensity, import intensity, and financial constraints. We estimate the model and quantitatively evaluate the different mechanisms by providing counterfactual simulations of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

and in creating a market for it. This market, and Saffronart's revenues, grew rapidly from 2000 to 2005. Saffronart's estimate was that the Indian art auction market would be worth $125 million in 2006, with their revenues being $45... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

boost earnings to meet earnings benchmarks. We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 5% depending on the depth and duration of promotion. However, there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

return-regression R2 and 16% worse in measurement error variance; firms choosing specific peers only modestly underperform. Structural estimates suggest that, absent frictions, the underperformance of index-based benchmarks imply a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

vision for "The Internet of Everything (IOE)," a world where nearly all physical objects, places, people, and processes were connected through the Internet, Cisco estimated that 75% to 90% of all IT workers needed to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

illustrates that in a gray market setting, the transfer price that maximizes a multinational's profits may also be the same one that maximizes the social welfare of the domestic economy that houses it. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-098.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

particularly within a tenth of a mile, of a house lowers the price at which it is sold. Our preferred estimate of this effect is that a foreclosure at a distance of 0.05 miles lowers the price of a house by about 1%. Download the paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

unrelated to managerial performance, we document that a significant subset of firms, who choose index-based rTSR-benchmarks in lieu of specific peers, do not adequately achieve this objective. Structural estimates reveal that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

results. They advocate using alternative methods for estimating risk-adjusted returns and excluding some observations from our sample. Amihud and Stoyanov claim that making such changes renders our results not significant (though... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

(1839-1937), one of the most remarkable individuals to define the landscape of American business. Rockefeller's estimated $1.4 billion net worth in 1937 was equivalent to 1.5% of U.S. GDP. According to this metric he was (and still is)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined here as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equations model, estimated using public financial and non-financial data, to provide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

the true value of those customers has always been a challenge. This paper develops a network model to estimate the long-term impact of each additional free customer on a company's profits, factoring in the degree to which he or she brings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

coupon legality. We find that coupons increase branded sales by 60+ percent, entirely by reducing the sales of bioequivalent generics. During the five years following generic entry, we estimate that coupons increase total spending by $30... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

be financially constrained or lobbied for the holiday. Instead, estimates indicate that a $1 increase in repatriations was associated with a $0.60 to $0.92 increase in payouts to shareholders—despite regulations stating that such... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to good agents. I apply the model to online advertising markets widely perceived to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

cashmere fibre (14 micrometers in diameter and 36 millimeters in length). It is estimated that only 2 out of 1,000 grams of cashmere measure up to the standard of 1436. Describing the brand evolution over its first 8 years of existence,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

improve the lives of the estimated two billion people who live on less than $2 a day by facilitating more secure, accessible, and reliable ways to store and transfer money than are currently available. The development of this ecosystem... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

consumers in their homes and workplaces. Using a novel web-based face tracking system, we continuously measure consumers' smile responses as well as their viewing interest and purchase intent. A simultaneous Bayesian hierarchical model is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

banking industry and Garanti Bank's position within it, and asks students to consider whether partnership makes sense for Garanti and, if so, which bidder it should select. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709401... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

capital-market or product-market benefits from inclusion. Status incentives contributed to the observed performance improvement. Back-of-the-envelope estimates suggest that JPX400 inclusion incentives accounted for 16% (20%) of the growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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