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  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

actions on performance. However, standard regression models estimate only the average effects of these actions across firms. Our paper discusses how random coefficient models (RCMs) may generate new insights about firm heterogeneity and its effects on performance in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

marriage market, this study provides timely and compelling empirical evidence of the unintended consequences on later life outcomes of sex selection in India. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53295... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and exports, and exploiting heterogeneous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

does not deliver goods as specified in the contract. The empirical results indicate that transactions are more likely to occur on cash in advance or letter of credit terms when the importer is located in a country with weak contractual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

of general innovations to the development of R&D innovations. This results in an increase in R&D, an increase in firm-level volatility, and a decline in aggregate volatility. The effect on productivity growth is ambiguous. On the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2017
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The Business of Lego Batman

fly and see what that looked like. That sent chills down my spine. And Star Wars, my best friend at the time was named Danny Andrews. I remember going to see Star Wars with him and his family and his brothers, and then how we went to see View Details
Keywords: LEGO; Lego
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

avoidance and empirical evidence consistent with this view is discussed. This view of corporate tax avoidance implies that shareholders and policymakers should question the rationale for distinct financial reports and that greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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for investment; a middle class of consumers continues to rapidly expand; and information-technology empires unfold at a rapid pace. On the other hand, Africa represents some of the most dire dimensions of global capitalism, with extreme... View Details