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- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
high levels of reserves acts as a hedge against negative external shocks. A quantitative exercise, in which our model matches features of the Brazilian economic fluctuations and exchange-rate volatility, suggests this strategy to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
environmental protection was decoupled from regulation. These mechanisms include (a) the intense emphasis on economic growth leading to misaligned incentives and regulatory competition across regions, (b) fragmented bureaucratic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
underground economic activities work to put cyber currencies in context, the book discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the increased role of cyber currencies in today's underground economy. It also includes an appendix of illuminating... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
Working PapersWhen Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth? Authors:Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt, and Isabel Tecu Abstract Can a country grow faster by saving more? We address this question both theoretically and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2011
- Article
Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia
By: Michael Zhang and Feng Zhu
In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between group size and incentives to contribute in the setting of Chinese Wikipedia, the Chinese language version of an online encyclopedia that relies entirely on voluntary contributions. The group at Chinese Wikipedia... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Sharing; Behavior; Satisfaction; Size; Government and Politics; Economics; Information Technology Industry; Hong Kong; Taiwan; Singapore
Zhang, Michael, and Feng Zhu. "Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia." American Economic Review 101, no. 4 (June 2011): 1601–1615.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA 1984) Routledge In Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs, author Linda J. Bilmes develops a comprehensive framework to calculate the View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
publicity compensate for the deep hit to profit margins? This paper sets out to help small businesses decide whether it makes sense to offer discount vouchers. Research was conducted by Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman, Business View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Stewart (MBA 1983) address Black female leadership. Noting that a group of unicorns is called “a blessing,” the authors present “an unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America’s social, political, psychological, and economic... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
says Luca. He also hopes the research will be helpful for college-bound students. “College choice is a fascinating behavioral economics puzzle, and this is one piece,” he says. “Despite the fact that the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
(Frank) Li, and Dylan B. Minor Abstract—We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
halt. In the summer of 1994 alone, more than 30,000 Cubans fled to the United States via boats and makeshift rafts. Faced with these economic realities, Fidel Castro’s government began some private sector experimentation, including... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a $10-off coupon they received from their online grocer with the purchases the same customers make when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
an economic analyst," states George B. Kaiser (MBA '66), president and CEO of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, a private concern based in Tulsa. "Analytical skills are indispensable when it comes to understanding and projecting pricing cycles... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
also an economic consideration. Because you have to have a whole measurement and verification process that says, yeah, in fact, you did capture these set of molecules. You actually did move them someplace where they can be stored or... View Details
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Matt Spielman
Matt helped grow IAG Research, which became the arbiter of advertising effectiveness. IAG was acquired by Nielsen. Matt holds a B.A. in Economics from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from HBS. He earned his Executive Coaching... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat By: John,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
April-May issue of the Journal of the European Economics Association. The paper addressed this central question: When does the certification provided by an SSO's endorsement sway users to adopt a standard? Lerner and coauthor Jean Tirole... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
eliminates a core source of international instability, and replaces expensive, tax-supported aid with productive, locally generated economic activities. Henry L. Kotkins Jr. (MBA ’72) Seattle, WA Poor Taste? Did the juxtaposition of the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
their businesses to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends rather than invest for the long term, undermining job growth and putting the country’s economic future at risk, often pointing to the high ratio of shareholder payouts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne