The CHAT Dataset
This note accompanies the Cross‐country Historical Adoption of Technology (CHAT) dataset. CHAT is an unbalanced panel dataset with information on the adoption of over 100 technologies in more than 150 countries since 1800. The data is available for download at [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Authors: Bart Hobijn, Diego Comin | Sources: “Harvard Business School (HBS)”, “National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)” | Subjects: Economics, IT / Technology / E-Business, Reference / Search
Was there Really a Hawthorne Effect at the Hawthorne Plant? An Analysis of the Original Illumination Experiments
The “Hawthorne effect,” a concept familiar to all students of social science, has had a profound influence both on the direction and design of research over the past 75 years. The Hawthorne effect is named after a landmark set of studies conducted at the Hawthorne plant in the 1920s. The first and most influential of these studies is known as the “Illumination Experiment.” Both academics … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: John A. List, Steven D. Levitt | Source: “National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)” | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Continuing Dangers of Disinformation in Corporate Accounting Reports (.doc)
In a hard hitting article Kane looks at the accounting profession and does not like what he finds. After laying out “an unremitting flood of accounting scams” he “traces a major part of the problem to the flawed ethics of the accounting profession” which he claims “by designing and certifying reporting options that help troubled firms and rouge managers to conceal adverse information from … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Edward J. Kane | Source: “National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)” | Subjects: Accounting, Industry Specific
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
The NBER is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works; site organized into 5 sections: publications, research, people, data, and links. The data sources and links are useful and free, the working papers section contains some very interesting material, but unfortunately they are not free. Still, for corporate needs, they may be the solution. … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: “National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)” | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search