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- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
agencies such as the USDA is to protect public health and safety; based on previous economic theory, however, Hiatt started with a different assumption—the primary goal of an agency is really to protect its own legitimacy. After all, it's...
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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
At the start of the pandemic, the uncertainty primarily concerned health issues—the diffusion of the virus and its effective threat. As the virus expanded from China to other countries, the uncertainty extended to the economic domain. For...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
relief during the debt-ceiling debate, threatens to cripple the best-of-both dynamic. Revitalizing America's culture of democracy-where the health of the nation comes first, above economic interest, party,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
the right to tax those profits as well. Second, when the United States imposes its taxes on Cummins's German activity, the government provides some relief for the foreign taxes paid by Cummins to avoid double taxation of overseas profits....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Two years have passed since more than 700,000 Rohingya people fled a bloody ethnic cleansing campaign in Myanmar and created the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. But not much has changed since then. At the Kutupalong camp, feelings of View Details
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by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Abstract Focusing empirically on how political and economic forces are always mediated and interpreted by agents, both in individual countries and in the international sphere, Constructing the International Economy sets out what such...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
are experiencing increased food insecurity among vulnerable populations, disruptions throughout food systems, and difficulty getting excess supply to the people who most need it. Responses range from international food programs to View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
economic models predict that they do not systematically differ. With online grocery data, we show that people are decreasingly impatient the further in the future their choices will take effect. In general, as the delay between order...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards—implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. "The extension of implicit guarantees to all systemically...
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- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Mills says. “If small businesses can stay solvent, then we have a greater chance for a recovery after the virus threat subsides,” she says. The grim reality is sinking in. About 77 percent of small business owners say they’re “very worried” about the View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
insurance coverage going forward,” the authors write. Small businesses, which account for more than 40 percent of economic activity in the United States, prioritized employee health insurance premiums as the COVID-19 pandemic hit,...
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- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Federal Disaster Relief, designed to help the victims of natural disasters, he continued. The policy provides relief but does not include land use regulation or risk-based premiums. "We see more and more building in hazard prone...
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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy...
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- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
tragedy—a phenomenon known as "post-crisis benevolence." Hence, it's logical to assume that a firm would go out of its way to contribute to local relief and rebuilding efforts. On the other hand, disasters may cause so much...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
helping intentions; in other words, those participants who did not dehumanize outgroup victims were the individuals most likely to report volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
the Paycheck Protection Program, part of the federal government’s $2 trillion economic relief package, small businesses can apply for low-interest loans, all or most of which will be forgiven, based on...
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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Ginger Jin, of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy, is just one example. They invited regulatory officials from several leading federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency...
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by Michael Blanding
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Dharmapala Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54331 forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care...
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Sean Silverthorne