The anti-infection procedure rises for a time, when workers are watched, and then falls off
Research might give pause to corporate boards changing compensation models
Environmentally conscious companies that also instill teamwork and quality enjoy higher output
Daily, weekly and monthly contribution schemes gauge behavior
Adjusting for inflation — and, crucially, for taxes — shows bond investors fare better than they might think
Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
Dates of milestones — major and minor — can spur us to action
Studying 1 million Alibaba users, Hengchen Dai mostly confirms the transactional nature of internet retailing
Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators
Sebastian Edwards brings to life a widely forgotten chapter of U.S. history starring FDR, his no-name economist and the demise of the gold standard
Improving epidemic forecasting helps response teams target aid more effectively
Andrea Eisfeldt finds that hedge funds with infrastructure to execute sophisticated arbitrage crowd out less-expert investors
A novel framework proposes to reduce angst over schedules and lives
Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
Tyler Muir finds that neither war nor deep recession darkens investor sentiment like sudden turmoil in the financial system
Nico Voigtländer found that to combat arbitrary taxes and corruption, merchants persuaded the king to cede control