ClearLife: From Prospect to Platform
Citation:
Braun, Alexander, Lauren H. Cohen, Mauro Elvedi, and Jiahua Xu. "ClearLife: From Prospect to Platform." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-036, October 2019. View Details|
Comment Journal of Accounting & Economics November 2017 Discussion: Do Common Inherited Beliefs and Values Influence CEO Pay? |
Abstract
The origin of preferences is something we know strikingly little about in economics. Given the central importance of preferences, we have not invested nearly the time we should into this concept. And so, as an overarching research direction, I am heartened by the push of the paper. That being said, while I believe the authors have done much throughout the writing and revision of this paper, I do believe a number of gaps remain. These gaps vary in their severity—from further explorations that could have better established a potential mechanism, to fundamental gaps that impact inference and bottom-line takeaways. I’ll split the discussion into three main sections that encompass what I believe to be three broad categories of these gaps: 1. Two-sided matching. 2. External validity. 3. Lack of consistency across decisions.
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Values and Beliefs; Ethnicity;
Citation:
Cohen, Lauren. "Discussion: Do Common Inherited Beliefs and Values Influence CEO Pay?" Journal of Accounting & Economics 64, nos. 2-3 (November 2017): 368–370.
