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The Best Business Schools : A Market Based Approach

Tracy, Joseph - 1994

We present a new methodology for ranking business schools. Unlike previous rankings based on subjective survey responses (from CEOs, business school deans, recruiters, or graduates), our approach uses data derived from the labor market for new MBAs. We adjust programs' salaries for the quality...

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Bayesian Persuasion with Lie Detection

Ederer, Florian; Min, Weicheng - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

How does lie detection constrain the potential for one person to persuade another to change her action? We consider a model of Bayesian persuasion in which the Receiver can detect lies with positive probability. We show that the Sender lies more when the lie detection probability increases. As...

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Preferences for Firearms and Their Implications for Regulation

Moshary, Sarah; Shapiro, Bradley; Drango, Sara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper estimates consumer demand for firearms with the aim of predicting the likely impacts of firearm regulations on the number and types of guns in circulation. We first conduct a stated-choice-based conjoint analysis and estimate an individual-level demand model for firearms. We validate...

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Intangible Marketing Capital

Bronnenberg, Bart J.; Dubé, Jean-Pierre H.; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We present several empirical facts about trends in marketing investment in the US. We also present estimates of the private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments include the creation and maintenance of a brand name...

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A Model of Influencer Economy

Cong, Lin William; Li, Siguang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

With the rise of social media and streaming platforms, firms and brand-owners increasingly depend on influencers to attract consumers, who care about both common product quality and consumer-influencer interaction. Sellers thus compete in both influencer and product markets. As outreach and...

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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students

Yu, Han - 2018

This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …

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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

Cortes, Kalena - 2014

We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...

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Curriculum and Ideology

Cantoni, Davide - 2014

, staggered introduction of the new curriculum across provinces allows us to identify the effects of the new educational content …. These changes were often effective: study under the new curriculum is robustly associated with changed views on political …

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Empirics on the Origins of Preferences : The Case of College Major and Religiosity

Kimball, Miles S. - 2009

Early life experiences are likely to be important for the formation of preferences. Religiosity is a key dimension of preferences, affecting many economic outcomes. This paper examines the effect of college major on religiosity, and the converse effect of religiosity on college major, using...

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The Making of an Investment Banker : Macroeconomic Shocks, Career Choice, and Lifetime Income

Oyer, Paul - 2006

New graduates of elite MBA programs flock to Wall Street during bull markets and start their careers elsewhere when the stock market is weak. Given the transferability of MBA skills, it seems likely that any effect of stock returns on MBA placement would be short-lived. In this paper, I use a...

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