Noel Maurer
There are 6 articles for this faculty member.
About Faculty in this Article:
Noel Maurer is an associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School.
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
| Published: | March 3, 2011 |
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| Feature: | Views on News |
| Forum: | open for comment; 7 Comments posted |
The historic events in North Africa and the Middle East are examined by three professors: Deepak Malhotra, an authority on negotiation strategy; Noel Maurer, an expert on the politics and economics of the energy business; and Magnus Thor Torfason, an authority on how behavior is influenced by the social structures of individuals and organizations.
Published in 2010
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
| Q&A with: | Noel Maurer |
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| Published: | December 20, 2010 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
| Forum: | open for comment; 5 Comments posted |
In their new book, The Big Ditch, Harvard Business School professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the complicated history of the Panama Canal and its remarkable turnaround after Panama took control in 1999. Q&A with Maurer, plus book excerpt.
The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered
| Author: | Noel Maurer |
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| Published: | June 30, 2010 |
| Paper Release Date: | June 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
The Mexican petroleum expropriation of 1938 looms large as the beginning of Latin American resource nationalism and the apogee of America's "Good Neighbor" policy. In Mexico, the expropriation is viewed as a patriotic triumph, in which the federal government seized control of the country's most valuable natural resource. In the U.S., the temperate reaction of the Roosevelt Administration is seen as the decisive break with Washington's imperial relationship towards Latin America. Washington "curbed its finance capital," it is said, and downgraded the protection of American overseas private investments. In this paper, HBS professor Noel Maurer explains how the actual historical record diverges substantially from the accepted view.
Published in 2008
The Cost of Property Rights: Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918
| Authors: | Lakshmi Iyer and Noel Maurer |
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| Published: | September 25, 2008 |
| Paper Release Date: | August 2008, revised April 2009 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
Economists generally agree that a system of transparent and secure property rights is beneficial for growth and development. A large literature emphasizes the role of property rights in spurring long-term investments, improving productivity, changing labor allocations, and increasing access to formal sources of credit. This paper describes U.S. attempts to implement property rights reforms in the Philippines in the early twentieth century. Iyer and Maurer document that, two decades after the arrival of the Americans, property rights in the Philippines had become unambiguously less secure, and that political and budgetary constraints played a large role in inhibiting the progress of reforms.
Published in 2006
Political Turmoil and Mexico's Economy
| Published: | July 19, 2006 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Professor Noel Maurer's historical research into Mexico and other countries with unstable governments shows that their economies perform better than might be expected. Why?
What Roosevelt Took: The Economic Impact of the Panama Canal, 1903-29
| Authors: | Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu |
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| Published: | July 5, 2006 |
| Paper Release Date: | March 2006 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
The Panama Canal was expected to bring great economic benefits to the people of Panama. Instead, the United States received most of the benefits. This was a deliberate act on the part of the U.S. The U.S. didn't allow Panamanian businesses to sell goods or services in the Canal Zone, it avoided the employment of Panamanian workers, and it used its military leverage to force Panama into accepting a low payment for the Canal territory.
