Category: General
BRCA Mutation: New Model Quantifies How Surgeries Reduce Cancer Risk
Informed by personal experience, a researcher parses data to help those mulling mastectomy and gynecological surgeries
Bowling for Fascism: Exploring the Dark Side of Social Capital
In pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
Borrowings Suggest Small Company Owners Face Higher Risk
Analysis uses business credit card loans to gauge market perception
Boring Tasks We Abandon Too Soon: a Method to Finish the Job
Pairing the mundane — hand washing, teeth brushing — with more engaging activities
Boom of Intangible Assets Felt Across Industries and Economy
Rethinking issues around productivity, income inequality and industry concentration
Boo! Does Merely Mentioning an Audit Increase Taxpayer Compliance?
Research undermines the notion that companies coldly calculate tax avoidance
Big Families — and Overall Population Growth — Lead People to Emigrate
Europe’s Great Migration to North America, 1850-1920, offers lessons for today’s immigration patterns
Beyond Uber: When Surge Pricing Makes Business Sense
Research seeks to predict how time-based price discrimination might spread
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Nudges
Messages tailored to past vaccination behavior can meaningfully boost uptake for some
Beyond Angry Mobs: Intellectuals in the French Revolution
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy
Being Passionate About Your Job Works … If You’re a Man
When being evaluated for ‘high potential’ programs, men are rewarded for showing emotion — women are penalized
Being Biased against Friends to Appear Unbiased
If the boss is your friend, and compensation decisions are public, a bonus you’d get on merit might not be forthcoming
Behind the Paradox of Logical People Ignoring Their Own Insights to Mimic Others
Informational cascades, revealed across three decades of research, compromise the work of corporate managers, surgeons, investors and others
Behind the Annuity Conundrum: The Belief They’re Unfair
Researchers find little commonality among haters of the difficult-to-sell retirement products, except when discussing fairness
Behavioral Nudges Timed to Certain Days are Effective Motivator
Dates of milestones — major and minor — can spur us to action
Behavioral Economics: Are Nudges Cost-Effective?
A team of experts makes the financial case that governments should spend more on nudging