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Robert E. Litan
Researcher at Council on Foreign Relations
Publications - 214
Citations - 6241
Robert E. Litan is an academic researcher from Council on Foreign Relations. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & Capital market. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 213 publications receiving 6078 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert E. Litan include University of Michigan & Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
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Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
TL;DR: Baumol, Litan, and Schramm as mentioned in this paper argue that the answers to these questions lie within capitalist economies, though many observers make the mistake of believing that capitalism is of a single kind.
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The Promise of Prediction Markets
Kenneth J. Arrow,Robert Forsythe,Michael Gorham,Robert W. Hahn,Robin Hanson,John O. Ledyard,Saul Levmore,Robert E. Litan,Paul Milgrom,Forrest D. Nelson,George R. Neumann,Marco Ottaviani,Thomas C. Schelling,Robert J. Shiller,Vernon L. Smith,Erik Snowberg,Cass R. Sunstein,Paul C. Tetlock,Philip E. Tetlock,Hal R. Varian,Justin Wolfers,Eric Zitzewitz +21 more
TL;DR: The ability of groups of people to make predictions is a potent research tool that should be freed of unnecessary government restrictions.
The effects of broadband deployment on output and employment: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. data
TL;DR: While most communications sector analysts concur that the ability to deliver broadband communications is a critical feature of the modern global communications infrastructure, there is limited recent empirical research on the economic effects of broadband as mentioned in this paper.
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Projecting the Economic Impact of the Internet
Robert E. Litan,Alice M. Rivlin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the impact of the Internet on the performance of the economy and the standard of living of average Americans and showed that even though the stock market's speculative bubble has burst, the Internet will continue to have a significant impact on old economy industries and as a result generate real benefits for the overall economy.
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What should banks do
TL;DR: Litan as mentioned in this paper examined the benefits and risks of financial product diversification and concluded that the largest benefits would come from the reduced risk that most bank holding companies would face if they were permitted to diversify their service offering.