Word: barro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition, Barro decided to accept a lucrative tenure offer at Columbia and then changed his mind shortly after, deciding instead, to remain at Harvard...
...Barro marked one of the more bizarre tenure issues this year. Barro, a tenured professor at Harvard, announced that he would accept a professorship at Columbia University. But shortly after this announcement, Barro reversed his decision and decided to remain at Harvard...
...Barro turned down from Columbia a very lucrative offer. The package reportedly consisted of a $300,000-per-year salary, plus a $55,000 post for his wife and a place for his son in a Manhattan private school...
Harvard administrators said they did not "top" Columbia's offer. Instead they attributed Barro's flip-flop to a change of heart...
...seems to be that you can't be the best university in the world or even compete with the best universities in the world if you're not willing to set aside resources to go after faculty like Robert Barro," said Jeffrey G. Williamson, chair of the economics department...