Author: kmenke

Research Brief / COVID-19

Israel and COVID-19: Political Dissension But a Unified National Plan

Varying ideologies contributed to early spread in small nation

Quiz

Is Your Doctor Working Under a Noncompete Agreement?

Also: minimum wages and migration, Twitter visuals and stock prices, and penalties for failing to report clinical trial data

Person walking by a train with Uber logo Research Brief / Ride-Sharing Services

Is Uber the Answer to Public Transit’s Last-Mile Problem?

And if so, who’s going to pay?

A view of a white house on stilts on a beach shore Forecast / Global Warming

Is the $1 Trillion Coastal Housing Market a Future Financial Crisis?

Homebuyers ignore warnings of rising seas; lenders keep lending

Illustration of an overbearing boss in color in the center with his office staff in black and white, three on each side of him Research Brief / Behavioral Decision Making

Is Telling the World of Your Success Worth Five Times Your Private Knowledge of It?

The difficulties of study design in a braggy culture where few readily admit to bragging

A line of houses on a street in an affluent neighborhood in Las Colinas, a suburb of Dallas Research Brief / Taxes

Is Tax Avoidance By the Wealthy Contagious?

Among Dallas property taxpayers, it appears not. Nonwealthy became more motivated to challenge a tax bill by the prospect of savings

Small cap stocks in scrabble letters on black background Research Brief / Stock Market

Is Post-Earnings Announcement Drift a Thing? Again?

Considered dead, the phenomenon resurfaces in two studies — which are critiqued in a third paper

Amazon reviews with high ratings Feature / Retail

Is Amazon’s Fake Review Response 94 Days Too Late?

Phony posts are largely very short-term campaigns

Illustration of a European football game Research Brief / Ethics

Is a Bad Deed That Goes Unpunished Less Bad?

In experiments, immorality and harm are deemed more extreme merely because an act was punished

A color illustration of various faces Research Brief / Diversity

Inviting White Workers to Join Diversity Initiatives May Increase Buy-In

Absent such a call, white workers may doubt they have a role

Strawberry doughnut in a box Research Brief / Advertising

Inventory Scarcity Messages in Online Retailing Can Backfire

If there are only six left, I guess I won’t be buying a dozen

True and false symbols accept rejected for evaluation, Yes or No on wood blogs on blue background Research Brief / Ethics

Institutions Make Mistakes: Which Should We Seek to Prevent; Which Ought We Fix After the Fact?

In experiments, people endorsed seemingly harsh policies — only to reverse course after the fact

Two individuals engaged in conversation Research Brief / Bias

Informal Career Advice Carries a Gender Bias

Women are warned about work-life balance more than men

Silver line graph, bar chart and analytical trend lines on black background having stock quotes. Illustration of the concept of investment. Research Brief / Investing

Inclusion in an ETF Can Improve the Pricing of Underlying Stocks

It can also help management make capital expenditure decisions

Aerial view of a cargo ship being hauled by tugboats near the port where other ships are docked and cargo waits to be loaded. Research Brief / International Trade

In U.S.-China Trade War, Bystander Countries Increase Exports

Higher demand from U.S. and China means expanding into new markets

Illustration of a factory Feature / Cultural History

In Some Places, Fertility Rates Declined Before the Industrial Revolution

Using parish records, researchers examine fundamental changes in society following the French Revolution