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- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
about tax legislation beyond concern over the amount of the check we write each April 15? Yes, very much so. Our tax policies reflect the values that the country stands for. Do we cut taxes on top earners or redistribute their wealth to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
Carlson School of Management, show how the link between sales tax dependence and layoffs sheds light on the growing fiscal crisis of state and local governments. The correlation between sales tax dependence and layoffs suggests that the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
diagnosis of the Great Depression, and many observers offered a similar diagnosis for the Great Recession that took root in connection with the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Consequently, the policy response focused, at least in part, on... View Details
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The Role of Government in Market Economies - Course Catalog
of government as it plays out in the real world, using vivid case studies from many countries, decades, and policy angles. At the same time, we align these cases with a rigorous theoretical framework that clarifies the circumstances under... View Details
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Matthew C. Weinzierl | Working Knowledge
taxation, the dynamic feedback effects of tax changes, the use of fiscal policy to counteract recessions, the proper price-indexing of Social Security, and the impact of differences in beliefs and tastes... View Details
- Web
Reproductions | Baker Library
reference. A small number of collections cannot be photographed due to School policy or donor restrictions. Staff will let you know if a collection cannot be photographed. Scans for research You can request up to 500 pages of scans from... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
more like $4.5 trillion than $1.5 trillion, while the total net revenue for the government was only $2.2 trillion in fiscal 2009. Washington, we have a problem. This kind of leverage is unsustainable. Though some will argue that higher... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
States. I didn’t want to just take a job. I wanted to have tangible outcomes to my endeavors. Jamaica is the largest English-speaking country in the Caribbean, with a relatively high number of universities. Recently, we’ve seen government embrace a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
rupiah and the Brazilian real. A common cause of these price movements is shifts, or expected shifts, in US monetary policy. The United States is still the big gorilla in the global currency field, and when policies are tightened at home,... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
by maintaining a relatively large balance sheet, even when policy rates have moved well away from the zero lower bound (ZLB). In so doing, it can help ensure that there is an ample supply of government-provided safe short-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?
“Every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose” That famous Winston Churchill remark to Charles deGaulle resonates gloomily today. In the worse outcome for the Brexit referendum, the UK electorate tossed away... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
Publication:Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (spring 2011) Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
they will be able to withdraw their funds at a later date—and at what exchange rate. This happened in Brazil in the early 1990s and in Argentina in the early part of this century, when similar desperate policies were enacted. The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
Wildebeest added: “There is a good case to be made that deficits from loose monetary policy are the actual cause of the ever-widening income disparity in the US and nearly every major economy.” (JohnfrmClevelnd reminded Wildebeest that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
finance, it seems, are never far from the minds of anyone in health care these days, even at fiscally sound MGH, the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital that is recognized as an industry model. Indeed, with its conflicting mix of human... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
discussed the Argentine crisis that began late last year. A professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Hausmann described the economic factors leading to the fiscal collapse and suggested policy... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial and the optimal rule to not entail a countercyclical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
and Matthew C. Weinzierl Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is a two-period general equilibrium model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
population doubled from 500 million to 1 billion. There was and is—in terms of quality of property—still some catch-up to do. It’s said that China is in a better position than the developed world to elongate the business cycle using View Details