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- 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015
comfortable with the concepts of correlation and causation. This background note provides an overview of correlation and causation using examples and explains why the former does not imply the latter. It also describes several methods for gaining insights into View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
of work that differentiate a firm from its competitors, then meaning can be the foundation for sustainable competitive advantage. The causality can also run in the opposite direction; superior performance can enhance meaning insofar as...
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by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
and task specific information. We test and find support for our hypotheses using experimental methods that permit causal inferences and examination of underlying mechanisms. Our study contributes to literature streams on artificial...
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- 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving services report greater life satisfaction. A field experiment provides causal evidence that working adults report greater happiness after spending money on a time-saving purchase...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Jorge Tamayo Abstract—Canonical models of criminal behavior highlight the importance of economic incentives and employment opportunities in determining participation in crime (Becker, 1968). Yet, deriving causal corroborating evidence...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
a successful transformation in your company. Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines Author:Nava Ashraf Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Using an experimental design I elicit View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
historical context and suggesting that scholars move past unconditional acceptance of the causal power of "socialist legacies" and instead attend to the importance of changes in the post-Mao administrative hierarchy. Working...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
to isolate exogenous shocks to local ethnic populations, and identify a causal link between local networks and firm trade links. Firms that exploit their local networks (strategic traders) see significant increases in future sales growth...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
provided some employees with accurate information about the salaries of others. First, we document large misperceptions about salaries and identify some of their sources. Second, we find that perceived peer and manager salaries have a significant View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, we present two...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
ideas lie outside their organizations, in an ecosystem of potential innovators who possess wide-ranging skills and knowledge." Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/spurring-innovation-through-competitions/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
establishing that cultural values causally impact the contents of gender stereotypes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-097.pdf Characteristic Timing Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Gregory Hanson Abstract We use...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54672 July–August 2018 Harvard Business Review The Other Diversity Dividend By: Gompers, Paul, and Silpa Kovvali Abstract—Researchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting changes in the probability of Argentine sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
firms. These findings remain robust when we address potential reverse causality by exploring the regional pattern and process of agglomeration. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6
capital-good market externality and technology diffusion play a more important role in the offshore agglomeration of multinationals than the agglomeration of domestic firms. These findings remain robust when we address potential reverse View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
Detainees are randomly assigned to judges, and ideological differences across judges translate into large differences in the allocation of electronic monitoring to an otherwise similar population. Using these peculiarities of the Argentine setting, we argue that there...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
Hierarchies Authors:Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf Publication:American Economic Journals: Applied Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
events, messenger dislike is correlated with the belief that the messenger had malevolent motives (Studies 5A, 5B, & 5C). Studies 6A & 6B go further, manipulating messenger motives independently from news valence to suggest its View Details
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Dina Gerdeman