Publications

March 2000 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Eliseo Neuman

Argentina has flourished under a fixed exchange rate system, yet there are large income and employment fluctuations. The social cost of unemployment is threatening the viability of the economic model. Building a welfare state is one alternative, but this may be a... View Details

Keywords: History; Governance; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Currency Exchange Rate; Welfare; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Argentina

November 1999 (Revised February 2001)
Teaching Note

Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina TN

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Eliseo Neuman

Teaching Note for (9-700-061). View Details

2002
Chapter

Political and Economic Incentives during an Anti-Corruption Crackdown

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto S. Schargrodsky

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Motivation and Incentives; Government and Politics; Economics

Article

The Interplay Between Sharing Behavior and Beliefs About Others in Children During Dictator Games

By: Hernando Santamaría-García, María Luz González-Gadea, Rafael Di Tella, Agustín Ibáñez and Mariano Sigman

Previous studies in adults demonstrated that beliefs and sharing decisions in social scenarios are closely related. However, to date, little is known about the development of this relationship in children. By using a modified dictator game, we assessed sharing behavior... View Details

Keywords: Dictator Game; Altruism; Generosity; Development; Conveniently Upset; Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Perception; Decision Making

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

of Corruption Scandals Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli Abstract We construct measures of the extent to which the four main newspapers in Argentina report government corruption on their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein

Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Industry; Strategic Alliances (Business); Business And Government; Business And Public Policy; Business And Society; Media Businesses; Media Content; Media Slant; Media Regulation; Internet Of Everything; Government Policy; Politics; Political Campaigns; Political Strategy; Political Turmoil; Government; Government Regulation; Security; International Business; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; News; Media; Internet and the Web; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Government Legislation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; War; Social Media; Public Administration Industry; United States; Russia

Article

Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation

By: Bharat Anand, Rafael Di Tella and Alexander Galetovic

Keywords: Information; Media; Prejudice and Bias; Product

2002
Working Paper

Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

By: Alberto Alesina, Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

2016
Working Paper

Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal

By: Rafael Di Tella and Julio J. Rotemberg

We present a simple model of populism as the rejection of “disloyal” leaders. We show that adding the assumption that people are worse off when they experience low income as a result of leader betrayal (than when it is the result of bad luck) to a simple voter choice... View Details

Keywords: Corruption; Betrayal; Populism; Incompetence; Literacy; Crime and Corruption; Income; Ethics; Political Elections; Race; Residency

SSRN

November 2004 (Revised January 2005)
Teaching Note

Bahtulism, Collapse, Resurrection? Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note to (9-798-089). View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asia

October 2003
Teaching Note

2001 Crisis in Argentina, The: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note to (9-704-004) and (9-704-021). View Details

Keywords: Argentina

June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Teaching Note

Inequality and the "American Model" (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note for (9-703-025). View Details

Keywords: United States

April 2003
Teaching Note

Argentine Paradox, The: Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note for (9-702-001). View Details

Keywords: Argentina

November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Inequality and the "American Model"

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Official data that suggest economic inequality has been mounting in the United States on various dimensions since 1979. Many causes of such inequality have been postulated: technological change, globalization, demographic factors, and changes in public policy (notably... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Governance; Social Issues; Government Administration; United States

February 2002
Case

Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck

Discusses the largest electric distribution company in Chile and one of the five largest private Chilean companies. Introduces the exercise of operating control in order to improve the profitability of the investments, privatization, and international expansions. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Growth and Development Strategy; Privatization; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Global Strategy; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry; Chile

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

decision point for the firm. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212021-PDF-ENG Hungary: Economic Crisis and a Shift to the Right Rafael M. Di Tella, Matthew C. Weinzierl, and Jacob... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

March 2001
Case

Corruption in International Business (A)

By: Robert E. Kennedy and Rafael M. Di Tella

Explores various aspects of corruption in international business, in two sections. The first section provides a broad discussion of the ethical, business, and legal aspects of corruption. The second section provides a series of "caselets" that are designed to promote... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Policy; Globalization

August 28, 2018
Article

Maintaining Trust When Agents Can Engage in Self-deception

By: Andres Babino, Hernan A. Makse, Rafael Di Tella and Mariano Sigman

The coexistence of cooperation and selfish instincts is a remarkable characteristic of humans. Psychological research has unveiled the cognitive mechanisms behind self-deception. Two important findings are that a higher ambiguity about others’ social preferences leads... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Cognitive Neuroscience; Corruption; Cooperation; Self-deception; Trust; Behavior