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This study by Alexander MacKay and colleagues provides the first quasi-experimental estimate of the long-run elasticity of residential electricity demand, and finds that it is about double the...
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View ArticleLast Place Aversion in Queues
While no one likes standing in line for service, being last intensifies the pain of waiting, doubles the probability of switching queues, and quadruples the chances of leaving the line altogether. Many...
View ArticleHow to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
BlackRock's Larry Fink is challenging CEOs to serve a social purpose as well as a financial one. Institutional change expert Julie Battilana discusses what it will take to create this "transformation...
View ArticleShould Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
Companies prefer to keep compensation information private. But by doing so, are firms hurting their ability to create a great culture? wonders James Heskett. What do you think?
View ArticleThe Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation
This study by Alexander MacKay and colleagues provides the first quasi-experimental estimate of the long-run elasticity of residential electricity demand, and finds that it is about double the...
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Starting a business in North Korea...The unrecognized role of services in driving innovation...How to tell when the CEO is tipping good news.
View ArticleSubjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties and Subsequent...
Analyzing data from a Chinese manufacturing company, Wei Cai and Susanna Gallani explore side effects of subjective performance evaluations in a setting where workers are rewarded based on performance...
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Joshua Krieger, Danielle Li, and Dimitris Papanikolaou develop a new measure of drug novelty based on molecular characteristics, and explore the tradeoffs involved in decisions to develop more novel...
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