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Baja California: Diagnóstico de Crecimiento
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-09)Baja California se ha ubicado consistentemente entre los estados más prósperos de México, pero también entre los de crecimiento más volátil. De hecho, el desempeño económico reciente del estado estuvo marcado por una fuerte ... -
Baja California: Diagnóstico Industrial
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-09)En este estudio se consideraron los productos priorizados en el Reporte de Complejidad Económica de Baja California y se procedió a evaluar su potencial a partir de un conjunto de consideraciones de mercado. Luego, se ... -
Baja California: Insumos para el desarrollo de recomendaciones
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-09)En primer lugar, en este reporte se realizó una consolidación de los principales hallazgos de las investigaciones previas relativas al estado. En términos generales, se planteó que la entidad destaca por ser una de las más ... -
Baja California: Reporte de Complejidad Económica
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2018-09)En el Diagnóstico de Crecimiento de Baja California se describieron las principales tendencias recientes del desempeño económico del estado. En esta subsección se resumen los principales hallazgos de dicho reporte, a modo ... -
A Balance-Sheet Approach to Fiscal Sustainability
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-10)Recent empirical research on emerging markets debt, currency crises and fiscal sustainability has placed a significant focus on the role of currency mismatches with the emphasis placed on the currency composition of explicit ... -
Bank Credit And Business Networks
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)We construct the topology of business networks across the population of firms in an emerging economy, Pakistan, and estimate the value that membership in large yet diffuse networks brings in terms of access to bank credit ... -
Bankruptcy Law and The Cost of Credit: The Impact of Cramdown on Mortgage Interest Rates
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)The role of bankruptcy law in credit markets has received renewed attention in the aftermath of the housing bubble collapse. The fundamental challenge for research on this topic is to separate the impact of legal factors ... -
Barriers to the Implementation of Green Chemistry in the United States
(American Chemical Society, 2012)This paper investigates the conditions under which firms are able to develop and implement innovations with sustainable development benefits. In particular, we examine “green chemistry” innovations in the United States. ... -
The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs are Heterogeneous
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)Movements in asset prices are a major risk confronting individuals. This paper establishes new asset pricing results when agents differ in risk preference, time preference and/or expectations. It shows that risk tolerance ... -
Behavioral Economics Perspective on Public Sector Pension Plans
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few ... -
Behavioral Economics Perspectives on Public Sector Pension Plans
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few ... -
Being Poor, Black, and American: The Impact of Political, Economic, and Cultural Forces
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Being Special: The Rise of Super Clubs in European Football
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-01)Professional football clubs are ubiquitous in Europe. Every small to medium sized city has one. But most cities do not have an F.C. Barcelona or Bayern Munich or Manchester United. These are among the ‘super clubs’ of ... -
Belgium Highlights the Nuclear Terrorism Threat and Security Measures to Stop it
As world leaders gather for the fourth nuclear security summit this week, in the aftermath of the horrifying terrorist attacks in Brussels, it seems likely that Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel will have more to say ... -
Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments
(2014)The effectiveness of investment subsidies depends on the existing array of regulatory and information mandates, especially in the energy efficiency space. Some consumers respond to information disclosure by purchasing ... -
BenePhilly, City of Philadelphia: Innovations in American Government Award Case Study
(Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2022-01)The American social safety net exists to meet needs for: unemployment assistance, supplemental money for food, help with health care costs and medical expenses, and more. However, the process of signing up for these services ... -
The Best of Rules and Discretion: A Case for Nominal GDP Targeting in India
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2014-07)The recent revival of interest in nominal GDP (NGDP) targeting has come in the context of large advanced economies. We argue that the case for NGDP targeting is even more appealing for mid-sized developing countries, because ... -
Best Practices for the Governance of Digital Public Goods
(Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, 2022-04)“Digital government” is becoming simply “government.” As a result, an ever-increasing number of systems and processes critical to the operation of government—the core infrastructure of a state—are being digitized. This ... -
Betrayal Aversion: Evidence from Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States
(American Economic Association, 2008-02)Due to betrayal aversion, people take risks less willingly when the agent of uncertainty is another person rather than nature. Individuals in six countries (Brazil, China, Oman, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States) ...