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  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

Authors:Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari Publication:India Policy Forum (forthcoming). (Also HBS Working Paper 10-030.) Abstract Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

unavailable at this time. Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence Authors:Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina Abstract We study the effect of bank loan supply through the business cycle using firm-level View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research reveals that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a negotiation article will be cited in organizational studies, after controlling for other, previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

higher tariffs should lead to higher prices and therefore to more integration. We construct firm-level indices of vertical integration for a large set of countries and industries and exploit cross-section and time-series variation in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4

deontological option) were more likely to suppress their emotional expressions. In Studies 2a, 2b, and 3, we instruct participants to either regulate their emotions, using one of two different strategies (reappraisal vs. suppression), or not to regulate, and we collect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

norton ariely.pdf Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers? Authors:Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

organization during “bad times”? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from U.S. administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central Headquarters to local plant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

how and why diversifiable risk should be priced in VC deals even though investors are fully diversified. We then take our theory to a unique data set and show that while investors do earn zero alpha on average there is a strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

revenue distributions rightward while between-firm selection and market reallocation raise the left truncation of the distributions and shift revenue leftward. Using a rich cross-country firm-level panel dataset, we find significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

Authors:Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

fulfillment that uses centralized inventory management. We ask whether, and if so, how, showrooms benefit the two most basic retail objectives: demand generation and operational efficiency. Using quasi-experimental data on showroom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

incentives based on valuation ratios, split announcement effects, and future returns, we find empirical support for the predictions in both time-series and firm-level data. Given the strong cross-sectional relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

document that firms report more negative discretionary accruals when financial markets are less certain about their future prospects. Stock-price responses to earnings surprises are moderated when firm-level uncertainty is high,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

lower concentration or expected firm-level demand, which reduces the value of having control and pushes in the direction of increased autonomy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-009.pdf Coming Clean and Cleaning Up:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm that raises new debt must have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

patents without listing a single applicant citation. In terms of technology, we found higher examiner shares among patents in electronics, communications, and computer-related fields. Taken together, our findings suggest that firm-level... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace