Publications

Article

The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform

By: Tal Gross, Raymond Kluender, Feng Liu, Matthew J. Notowidigdo and Jialan Wang

A more generous consumer bankruptcy system provides greater insurance against financial risks but may also raise the cost of credit. We study this trade-off using the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), which increased the costs of... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act; Borrowing and Debt; Credit

17 Aug 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Empirical Economics of Online Attention

Keywords: by Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince; Media & Broadcasting

2016
Working Paper

The Empirical Economics of Online Attention

By: Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein and Jeffrey Prince

In several markets, firms compete not for consumer expenditure but instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competition; Behavior; Resource Allocation; Household; Cognition and Thinking

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1999
Chapter

The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Microeconomics; Development Economics

Research Summary

Advertising and the Economics of Attention

Using novel technologies, such as eye- and face-tracking, to gauge attentional and emotional (facial) reactions to advertising, Professor Teixeira studies how advertising effectiveness can be optimized. Through complex statistical models of consumer response, he... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

intriguing new book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (Twelve), written by Dan Senor (MBA ’01) and Saul Singer, a columnist at the Jerusalem Post. Most Israelis in their late teens... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

summer 1981
Article

Blockbusters: The Economics of Mass Entertainment

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Economics; Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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August 1985
Case

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

By: Michael G. Rukstad and Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Taxation; Economic Growth; Laws and Statutes; United States

2016
Working Paper

Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China

By: Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian and Xiaoxue Zhao

This paper studies the policy determinants of economic transition and estimates the elasticity demand for labor in the infant private sector in urban China. We show that a reform that untied access to housing in urban areas from working for the state sector accounts... View Details

Keywords: Economic Transition; Structural Change; Labor Mobility; Transition; Human Capital; Private Sector; China

SSRN

April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Ghana: National Economic Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson

Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic strategy following his election in the first democratic transfer of power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty,... View Details

Keywords: History; Economic Growth; Government Administration; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Ghana

Educators

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January 2003 (Revised March 2009)
Case

The State of Connecticut: Strategy for Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter and Kaia Miller

Describes the history of Connecticut's economy, its competitive challenges in the 1990s, and the steps taken to develop an economic plan for the state. A prominent issue is the competitive position of Connecticut's industry clusters and the efforts to create a formal... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Economy; Government and Politics; Industry Clusters; Competition; Connecticut

Educators

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1984
Book

Of Politics and Economic Reality: The Art of Winning Elections with Sound Economic Policies

By: Amar Bhide

Keywords: Political Economy; Elections

17 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

consumers. Social networks and the easy connections they facilitate are transforming social life and have helped to elect a President. They also increase productivity in the larger economy. How can we quantify the economic impact View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing

2009
Book

Financial Economics

By: Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton and David L. Cleeton

This book seeks to explain finance through its functions rather than its institutions, concentrating on the three pillars of finance: optimization over time, asset valuation, and risk management. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Finance; Assets; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation