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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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The Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0595-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note discusses the welfare implications of tariffs for consumers, producers, and the government. A brief survey of the state of protectionism in recent years is included.Starting at €8.20
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Zimbabwe: Grappling with Hyperinflation
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0599-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case will lead students to a discussion of the causes and effects of hyperinflation. The link with fiscal deficits is explored, and so is the link with societal changes. The particular focus is on the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe whose government implemented a controversial land redistribution program. The case can be taught with a class experiment-see teaching note.Starting at €8.20
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Fishy Issues: The U.S. Shrimp Antidumping Case
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0600-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case features a prominent antidumping case in the United States against six of its major foreign shrimp suppliers. The case fits well in a discussion and analysis of the (welfare) consequences of protectionism, the basic case for free trade, and the political economy of protectionism.Starting at €8.20
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The IMF's Coordinated Growth Strategy of 1977/1978
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0601-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case documents the growth strategy that the IMF wanted to orchestrate after the first oil crisis and as the world economy did not return to the growth rates of the 1960s. The case illustrates the pinnacle of Keynesian thinking that prevailed at the time: a view of the international economy as an almost hydraulic system that could be manipulated by government policies at will to reach desirable aggregate targets. The failure of the strategy, a...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on Long-Run Models of Economic Growth
Rodriguez, Peter L.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0614-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note prepares students to use and analyze economic models of long-run growth. The technical note is particularly useful in introduction the Solow Neoclassical growth model for discussing growth in emerging markets and developed economies.Starting at €8.20
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The Profit-Maximizing Firm as Exporter
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0622-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note provides a microeconomic framework of monopolistic competition to think about firms, and in particular, exporting firms. At the same time, the note discusses some of the stylized facts from the recent empirical literature that uses firm-level data.Starting at €8.20
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The Profit-Maximizing Firm as Multinational Corporation
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0623-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note lays out a microeconomic framework of monopolistic competition to think about profit-maximizing firms that are vertical or horizontal multinationals.Starting at €8.20
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Customs Unions and Free Trade Areas
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0624-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note lays out the welfare analysis of free trade areas and customs unions with trade creation and trade diversion. It also discusses some of their advantages and disadvantages.Starting at €8.20
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A Framework for Improving Organizational Interventions
Parmar, Bidhan L.Technical Note DARDEN-G-0631-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note analyzes and explores frameworks for improving interventions in organizations. Organizations are complex ecosystems of assumptions, artifacts, and interactions. By understanding how the current system is arranged and recognizing the broader impacts of any intervention, leaders can make more impactful and lasting changes to their organizations. Any framework is only as good as the assumptions that are baked into it. Often the d...Starting at €8.20
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Martha Hires-The Good and The Bad of Working with Clients
Haskins, Mark E.Case DARDEN-G-0635-EKnowledge and CommunicationRetiring after 16 years at Evergreen Executive Education, LLC, Martha Hires is reminiscing with a colleague about some of the great and not-so-great client experiences they had shared over the years. Her colleague suggests she make a list of the best and worst client practices to help the firm identify early client-based signals portending a good or bad client engagement to increase the odds for a positive client engagement while also decreasing ...Starting at €8.20