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  • 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51407 The Importance of Unemployment Insurance as an Automatic Stabilizer By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Amir Kermani Abstract—We assess the extent to which unemployment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

We know the symptoms all too well. We wait months to see a doctor. Office visits end, it seems, just moments after they begin. Managed care firms hold sway over doctors' treatment plans, and health insurance premiums are heading for the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

life insurance practices led to an investigation in New York State that threatened to curtail growth in the industry. Charles Evans Hughes guided the four-month-long Armstrong Investigation, which made startling revelations and offered a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

is nearly as large.   Working PapersPrice Competition under Multinomial Logit Demand Functions with Random Coefficients Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret Pierson Abstract In this paper, we postulate a general class of price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

documented in other samples. The size of the low risk anomaly within banks suggests that the cost of capital effects of capital requirements may be considerable. Assuming competitive lending markets, banks' low asset betas implied an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2016
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First Look, May 3, 2016

Effectively By: Casciaro, T., F. Gino, and M. Kouchaki Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51004 February 2016 Journal of Accounting & Economics Labor Unemployment Insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

matching candidates are attractive by reducing the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches, and so are more likely to accept... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

with insurance provider UnitedHealthcare to test a fixed-payment structure for a select group of head and neck cancer patients. Rather than receiving separate charges for every test, treatment, and appointment, patients in the three-year... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

insurance and bank supervision) worked to stabilize the financial system; (2) that the financial catastrophe of 2007-2009 was not an accident, but rather a mistake, driven by a deregulatory mindset that took 50 years of post-New Deal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

developers to either a competitive or a cooperative work regime to create software for NASA's Space Life Sciences Directorate. Half of the subjects-the "sorted" group-were assigned according to their institutional preferences;... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

Business Review, Merton, a Nobel laureate, urges senior corporate executives and boards to view derivative applications not just as tactical measures but as strategic tools that convey competitive advantage. A first step is distinguishing... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 23 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

options, as price coherence forces them to pay for services they don't want and may not even use." Competition Only Exacerbates The Problem What happens when multiple intermediaries compete in any given market? After all, it's an economic... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 02 May 2008
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

global organizations, with PetroChina currently leading the list with a market value of more than $1 trillion. The impact of this phenomenon on competition is interesting. Just ask the manager of a privately-owned global corporation how... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

order to achieve higher yields-is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for reaching for yield among insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

behalf. The partners are confident their long-term returns will validate their investment strategy and positioning in the increasingly competitive VC market. Will investors agree? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

significant chilling effect on downstream innovation. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54706 Towards a New Approach for Upgrading Europe’s Competitiveness By: Ketels, Christian, and Michael E. Porter... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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