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Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions
(Elsevier BV, 2017)Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in retirement are untaxed. The more ... -
Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects of Ownership on Premiums, Insurance Coverage, and Medical Spending
(American Economic Association, 2019-02-01)There is limited empirical evidence about the impact of for-profit health insurers on various outcomes. I study the effects of conversions to for-profit status by Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) affiliates in 11 states, ... -
Does Management Matter in Schools?
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with ... -
Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment?
(2012-11-09)More than 120 countries require or permit the use of International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) by publicly listed companies on the basis of higher information quality and accounting comparability from IFRS ... -
Does Planning Regulation Protect Independent Retailers?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press), 2015-07-16)Regulations aimed at curbing the entry of large retail stores have been introduced in many countries to protect independent retailers. Analyzing a planning reform launched in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, I show that ... -
Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge
(2012-11-21)We use the Business Roundtable’s challenge to the SEC’s 2010 proxy access rule as a natural experiment to measure the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy ... -
Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending
(2013)When are the emotional benefits of generous behavior most likely to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. ... -
Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-05-19)A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done by non-U.S. banks, particularly European banks. We present a model in which such banks cut dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit ... -
Don't Take Their Word for It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds
(Wiley, 2021-04-29)We provide evidence that bond fund managers misclassify their holdings, and that these misclassifications have a real and significant impact on investor capital flows. In particular, many funds report more investment grade ... -
Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan
(2015)This article explores the tumultuous path to publication that begins for many of us with trying to publish our dissertation. We invited Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan—the 2013 and 2015 recipients of the International ... -
The downside of downtime: The prevalence and work pacing consequences of idle time at work
(The American Psychological Association, 2018-01-08)Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on the dilemma of employees being too busy, this paper presents evidence of the opposite phenomenon, in which employees do not have enough ... -
Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-06-28)This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed ... -
The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics
(2013-07-22)I measure the spillover effect of intercollegiate athletics on the quantity and quality of applicants to institutions of higher education in the United States, popularly known as the "Flutie Effect." I treat athletic success ... -
The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics
(2013-02-19)I measure the spillover effect of intercollegiate athletics on the quantity and quality of applicants to institutions of higher education in the United States, popularly known as the “Flutie Effect.” I treat athletic success ... -
The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy
(2013-10-07)Several key questions in bundling have not been empirically examined: Is mixed bundling more effective than pure bundling or pure components? Does correlation in consumer valuations make bundling more or less effective? ... -
Dynamic Scoring: A Back-of-the-Envelope Guide
(2005)This paper uses the neoclassical growth model to examine the extent to which a tax cut pays for itself through higher economic growth. The model yields simple expressions for the steady-state feedback effect of a tax cut. ... -
Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment
(American Economic Association, 2014)This paper estimates how experimentally-manipulated experiences with a novel financial product, rainfall index insurance, affect subsequent insurance demand. Using a seven-year panel, we develop three main findings. First, ... -
The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying
(American Economic Association, 2014-05-13)We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel data set covering 1998–2006. Our data exhibit three striking facts: (i) few firms lobby, (ii) lobbying status is strongly associated with ... -
Economic Integration and Democracy: An Empirical Investigation
(2018-08-01)We study whether economic integration fosters the process of democratization and the channels through which this might happen. Our analysis is based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument ... -
Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management
(2016-03-30)In the presence of managerial short-termism and asymmetric information about skill and effort provision, firms may opportunistically shift earnings from uncertain to more certain times. We document that firms report more ...