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      • 2007
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      Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey

      By: Malcolm Baker, Richard Ruback and Jeffrey Wurgler
      Research in behavioral corporate finance takes two distinct approaches. The first emphasizes that investors are less than fully rational. It views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational responses to securities market mispricing. The second approach... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Prejudice and Bias; Debt Securities; Financial Management; Price; Theory; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Behavioral Finance; Corporate Finance
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      Baker, Malcolm, Richard Ruback, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey." In The Handbook of Corporate Finance, Volume 1: Empirical Corporate Finance, edited by Espen Eckbo. New York: Elsevier/North-Holland, 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals

      By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman
      We report on a field study demonstrating systematic differences between the preferences people anticipate they will have over a series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Attitudes; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Film Entertainment; Cognition and Thinking; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Milkman, Katherine L., Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman. "Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-099, June 2007. (Revised July 2007, December 2007, April 2008, September 2008, January 2009.)
      • June 2007
      • Article

      Should I Stay or Should I Go? Mood Congruity, Self-monitoring and Retail Context Preference

      By: Nancy M. Puccinelli, Rohit Deshpandé and Alice M. Isen
      Keywords: Sales; Social Psychology
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      Puccinelli, Nancy M., Rohit Deshpandé, and Alice M. Isen. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Mood Congruity, Self-monitoring and Retail Context Preference." Journal of Business Research 60, no. 6 (June 2007): 640–648.
      • May 2007
      • Article

      Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance

      By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
      We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to... View Details
      Keywords: Behavior; Investment; Policy; Corporate Finance
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      Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." Journal of Financial Economics 84, no. 2 (May 2007): 266–298.
      • May 2007
      • Article

      Managing Your Boss

      By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
      The best way to make a major impact in your organization? Forge a strong relationship with your boss. You'll get the support and resources you need to put your great ideas into action. But "managing up" isn't easy. For example, if you're reporting to a new CEO, you... View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Relationships; Value; Behavior; Communication; Decisions
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      Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. "Managing Your Boss." Managing Up, 2nd Edition (HBR Article Collection). Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
      • 2006
      • Working Paper

      Worse but Equal: The Influence of Social Categories on Resource Allocations

      By: Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman and Dale T. Miller
      This paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric payoffs. Study 1 and 2 showed that people prefer to maximize profits... View Details
      Keywords: Demographics; Fairness; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit
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      Garcia, Stephen M., Max H. Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, and Dale T. Miller. "Worse but Equal: The Influence of Social Categories on Resource Allocations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-033, February 2006. (Revised September 2008, June 2009. In press.)
      • 2005
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      Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance

      By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
      We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to... View Details
      Keywords: Decisions; Behavior; Stocks; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Financial Institutions; Equity; Corporate Finance
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      Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
      • 2005
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      Early Decisions: A Regulatory Framework

      By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
      We describe a regulatory framework that helps consumers who have difficulty sticking to their own long-run plans. Early Decision regulations help long-run preferences prevail by allowing consumers to partially commit to their long-run goals, making it harder for a... View Details
      Keywords: Hyperbolic Discounting; Self-control; Commitment; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Attitudes
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      Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Early Decisions: A Regulatory Framework." Swedish Economic Policy Review 12, no. 2 (2005): 41–60.
      • July 2003
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      Probabilistic Representation of Complexity

      By: Nabil I Al-Najjar, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Emre Ozdenoren
      We study individuals' behavior in an environment that is deterministic, but too complex to permit tractable deterministic representation. Under mild conditions, behavior is represented by a unique probabilistic model in which the agent's inability to think through all... View Details
      Keywords: Complexity; Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Planning
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      Al-Najjar, Nabil I., Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emre Ozdenoren. "Probabilistic Representation of Complexity." Journal of Economic Theory 111, no. 1 (July 2003): 49–87.
      • 2003
      • Book

      When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies

      By: Leslie Perlow
      “Saying yes when you really mean no” is a problem that haunts organizations from start-ups to multi-nationals. It exists across industries, levels, and functions. And it’s exacerbated by a down economy, when the fear of losing one’s job is on everybody’s mind and the... View Details
      Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Relationships; Business Ventures
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      Perlow, Leslie. When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies. New York: Crown Business, 2003.
      • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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      Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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      Reinhardt, Forest L. "Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000." Harvard Business School Case 701-082, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
      • March 2001
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      Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

      By: Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch and Andrew Oswald
      Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Happiness
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      Di Tella, Rafael, Robert MacCulloch, and Andrew Oswald. "Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness." American Economic Review 91, no. 1 (March 2001).
      • March 1998
      • Teaching Note

      Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)

      By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
      Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of... View Details
      Keywords: Job Search; Working Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Situation or Environment; Perception; Integration
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      Thomas, David A., and Emily Heaphy. "Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 498-069, March 1998.
      • 1998
      • Working Paper

      Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Employment; Surveys; Programs; Government and Politics; Age; Income; Residency; Welfare; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost vs Benefits; Satisfaction; United Kingdom
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-092, March 1998.
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      Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences

      By: M. H. Bazerman, A. E. Tenbrunsel and K. A. Wade-Benzoni
      Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Management; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Bazerman, M. H., A. E. Tenbrunsel, and K. A. Wade-Benzoni. "Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences." Academy of Management Review 23, no. 2 (April 1998): 225–241.
      • 1 May 1995
      • Conference Presentation

      The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations

      By: Teresa M. Amabile
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
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      Amabile, Teresa M. "The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations." Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 1, 1995.
      • May 1994
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      The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations

      By: T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey and E. M. Tighe
      The Work Preference Inventory (WPI) is designed to assess individual differences in intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Both the college student and the working adult versions aim to capture the major elements of intrinsic motivation (self-determination,... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Measurement and Metrics; Higher Education; Employees; Personal Characteristics
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      Amabile, T. M., K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey, and E. M. Tighe. "The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66, no. 5 (May 1994): 950–967.
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      Characterization of Satisfactory Mechanisms for the Revelation of Preferences for Public Goods

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      Social decision mechanisms that admit dominant strategies and result in Pareto optima are characterized by the class of mechanisms proposed by Groves. The concept of decision mechanisms is generalized and the characterization is shown to extend to these cases. View Details
      Keywords: Decision Mechanisms; Game Theory; Economics
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Characterization of Satisfactory Mechanisms for the Revelation of Preferences for Public Goods." Econometrica 45, no. 2 (March 1977): 427–438.
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      Anonymity and Identity

      By: John A. Deighton
      In most consumer markets, consumers are accustomed to operating in relative anonymity. A complex social adjustment is occurring as people realize that anonymity is often no longer their default condition - it must be sought and in some cases bought. New conceptions of... View Details
      Keywords: Privacy; Anonymity
      • 2025
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      Culture and Contemporary Political Preferences

      By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
      This chapter reviews the literature on the relationship between culture and political preferences. We distinguish conceptually between the direct cultural transmission of political ideology and the transmission of more primitive preferences and beliefs that influence... View Details
      Keywords: Political Preferences; Culture; Values and Beliefs; Identity; Perspective; Government and Politics
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      Fouka, Vasiliki, and Marco Tabellini. "Culture and Contemporary Political Preferences." Chap. 29 in Handbook of Culture and Economic Behavior, by Benjamin Enke, Paola Giuliano, Nathan Nunn, and Leonardo Wantchekon. Handbooks in Economics. Elsevier, forthcoming.
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