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- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
skillful negotiators can effectively manage both incentives and penalties. Publisher's link: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/24/like_a_boss_nuclear_talks_iran Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
of inflation increases demand for cost of living adjustments. Frames that highlight flexibility, control, and investment significantly reduce annuitization. A majority of respondents prefer to receive an extra "bonus" payment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn (R-OK) argue against a government-run public market for health insurance. Reform must include incentives for entrepreneurship and innovation, which only a private market could provide, they write. Professor Robert...
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- 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015
By: Stern, Ariel Dora Abstract—This paper explores how the regulatory approval process affects innovation incentives in medical technologies. Prior studies have found early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the full sample but do find modest...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
high-volume U.S. hospitals for delivering a primary total knee arthroplasty without major complicating conditions. Hospital and physician personnel costs were calculated using time-driven activity-based costing. Consumable supply costs,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6
achieve better outcomes in competitive contexts. Working PapersAre There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production Authors:Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam Abstract We present a model that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
paper on studying the circumstances under which alignment will or will not happen. Using game theory, we find that, although misaligned economic incentives can play a role in explaining misalignment of planning behaviors, there is another...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture? By: Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of performance measures should be used in formal incentive contracts. For...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
method can serve as the foundation for new bundled payment reimbursement approaches. Publisher's link: http://search.proquest.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/docview/1634452215/fulltextPDF/4F2F96135E4D4D7CPQ/6?accountid=11311 January 2015...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016
purchasing Treasuries did not have such differential effects. We find that the Fed's purchase of MBS (rather than exclusively Treasuries) during QE1 resulted in an additional $600 billion of refinancing, substantially reduced interest View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
show that the decline in auctions was not driven by changes in the type of sellers and items. Instead, seller incentives changed. We estimate the demand facing individual sellers at different points in time and document falling sale...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
which was injected into patients’ eyes post cataract surgery, with the aim of replacing a complex regimen of prescription eye drops. After a successful launch of the compounded medication, Imprimis ran into complications when Medicare changed its policy regarding View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
Overly detailed contracts leave no room for spontaneous acts of kindness to create goodwill between parties; too-rigid contracts leave parties unable to respond to the unanticipated; and, strangely enough, incentives can end up being just...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
in information analytics, attempting to get their arms around the wide array of patient data. Government incentives are helping the push. In 2011, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services established View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
clause in Argentinian sovereign debt instruments have generated considerable controversy. Some official-sector participants and academic articles have suggested that the rulings will disrupt or impede future sovereign debt restructurings by encouraging holdout...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:The Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7 (2011) Abstract I explore allegations of search engine bias, including understanding a search...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
creditors for quality reporting. In contrast, the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis posits that public equity firms, because their managers have a greater incentive to manage earnings, have lower earnings quality than their...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal communication during a...
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Martha Lagace