Scarcity - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

engineer scarcity by limiting supply when secondary markets thicken to separate primary and secondary markets. We find support for these hypotheses in the U.S. concert ticket industry. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

I show that the scarcity of these coveted assets created by increased bank capital requirements can reduce overall bank funding costs and increase bank lending. I quantify this mechanism in a two-sector business cycle model featuring a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

things that you can experience. Hanna: That's what I've heard. Yeah. Sulyman: The traffic is quintessential because it describes a lot of what happens when you have a society that has scarcity mentality, the way people behave. Those parts... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

heard all too often. Then, taking a deep breath, Tufano adds, "There may be a fairly low probability that we'll help all forty million people with this. But even if we could reach a fraction of the total, just think of the potential." The Neighborhood Grocer In... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

potential for embarrassment, and even religious conviction? Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:First Conference on Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

resulting endogenous scarcity of informed investors exacerbates primary market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises because informed investors are a public good from the perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the... View Details