Category: General
Ditching Small Plastic Bottles — for Medium-Sized — Could Cut Waste
1.8 million tons of PET plastic bottles end in landfills annually
Distributing Aid Fairly Amid Scarcity and Unknown Demand
Building adaptability into an approach improves performance
Distillers’ Dilemma: Sell Now or Let Whisky Age Further
Decision analysis for a firm considering adding a longer-aged product to its lineup
Discontinued Car Models, Often Sold to Lower-Income People, Carry a Magnified Risk of Collateral Shortfall
After the repo: Borrowers’ post-default payments account for 27% of lender recoveries
Disclosure of Climate Risk Helps Stocks Trade More Smoothly
Dropping facts into a polarized investor pool reduces the impact of ideology and leads to broader ownership
Did You Forget, or Never Know? How It Impacts Purchasing
A different decision tree is used when product information is forgotten, rather than just unknown
Did Bank Capital Rules Make Credit Card Borrowing More Expensive?
Though defaults are low, rates on credit card loan-backed notes are high
Descendants of Forced Migrants Value Education More Highly
Post-World War II Poland provides a unique setting to study mobility and success
Deciding When to Decide Can Lead to Better Outcomes
An interpretable model versus black-box algorithms for complex decision making
Dealers Might Not Profit from Soaring Used-Car Prices
Lenders and private-party sellers constrain a seeming windfall
Curbing Over-Prescription of Antibiotics: Ranking Clinicians Is a Nudge That Sticks
Peer ranking might cut dangerous antibiotic overuse
Cultures That Delay Gratification: Their Immigrants to the U.S. Excel in School
The benefit to students increases over time
Culture Affects How People Save Money
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
Cultural Polarization Isn’t New — But Its Alignment With Political Divisions Is
A new way to classify individuals delivers insights on social divisions and the culture war
Crop Choices: How Price Supports Can Contribute to Healthier Diets
Well-designed subsidies can help farmers and give consumers better food choices
Credit Scores, Used to Predict Repayment, Can Restrain Economic Recovery
Rigid adherence to scoring systems can reduce consumer spending when it’s most needed