Unintended Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2021
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Managing the Unintended Consequences of Your Innovations

16 Mar 2020
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Social distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences

19 Mar 2018
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The Unintended Consequences Of Starting A Trade War With Mexico

22 Jan 2020
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Wiping Out The Nation’s Student-Loan Debt Could Have Unintended Financial Consequences for Borrowers

18 Aug 2015
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Can Reusable Bags At The Grocery Store Change What People Buy?

02 Oct 2019
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The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics

Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

certain leadership across the planet to make it happen. I’m sure we’ll find something wrong with our current technology set, the unintended consequence if you will. As for business, my view is that business... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Trade Off

ideally under the auspices and rules of the WTO. The problem is that nowadays trade wars may have unintended consequences that complicate their resolution. Global supply chains are incredibly complex. When a... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Alumni Books

decades of mismanaged immigration, lack of growth, and the threat of the euro bringing down the EU. The book offers a multidimensional, irreverent portrait of a decaying Europe and the causes and consequences of its decline. Breakthrough... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

assistance of coworkers. The changes were designed to enhance safety and reliability, but the intervention had the unintended consequence of changing the way many of these men behaved and thought about... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2008
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No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

for that.” Merton expressed concern about potential unintended consequences of efforts to confront the current financial crisis. While regulation is important and needed, “it’s not magic,” he said. Poorly... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

are in a good position to sound the alert about "policies or practices that may have the unintended consequence of marginalizing international students," Walker says. One example is the common tendency of... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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