Content Type: Research Brief

Aerial shot of downtown Los Angeles freeways Research Brief / Housing

Rising Rents Force Families to Curtail Spending on Food and Health Care

Cost burdens affect half of U.S. households that rent, as housing shortage worsens

A closed bank with a red closed sign over it all blurred Research Brief / Banking

Rise of Nonbank Lenders Undermines Community Reinvestment Act Effectiveness

Traditional banks pull out of lower- and median-income neighborhoods the federal program aims to help

Illustration of people riding a rollercoaster Research Brief / Investing

Rethinking Buy-and-Hold Investing

The case for using rising market volatility as a signal to pare back on stocks — does higher risk always mean higher return?

Man buying jeans Research Brief / E-commerce

Retailing Cross-Platform Win: A Pop-Up Store Boosts Online Sales

Alibaba finds a fresh twist on an old-school store is an effective marketing tool

Person in an ICU Research Brief / Health Care

Research: Patients Spent 15 Hours Longer than Necessary in the ICU

Delaying transfers to other inpatient hospital rooms limits availability of costly beds

Love's gas station and sign on building exterior entrance in Missouri with convenience store closeup for food stamps. Research Brief / Behavioral Decision Making

Research on Food Assistance Attitudes Shows People Overestimate Stigma Around Welfare

But correcting this misperception doesn’t necessarily boost applications

Black pencil with white eraser removing a written mistake on a piece of paper. Research Brief / Gender

Removing Words With Gender Bias in Job Ads: More Diverse Applicants

Women — and some men — more inclined to apply for positions

A beige curtain separates three people in a voting booth shown from below the knee to their feet Research Brief / Politics

Reimbursing Candidate Campaign Contributions Makes Elections More Competitive

Incumbents in France are reelected less often when all candidates can be repaid for personal outlays

A man shouts during a congressional town hall meeting on March 13, 2025 in Asheville, North Carolina. Research Brief / Politics

Reducing Partisan Hostility Can Be Surprisingly Simple

Megastudy: strategies reduce political animosity, but don’t necessarily improve — and may harm — commitment to democratic principles

A San Francisco street. Research Brief / Bias

Racial Minority Hosts on Airbnb Profit Less, Have Fewer Customers than White Hosts

It’s worse in conservative neighborhoods and good reviews don’t help enough

Students walking on campus Research Brief / Education

Quirk of the ACT Test — Rounding to a Whole Number — Offers Rare Isolated Glimpse of the Value of Scores

Tracking the impact of a small test-score difference on college attendance and later life

Suburban neighborhood under construction Research Brief / Real Estate

Quantitative Easing Kept the Foreclosure Crisis from Being Even Worse

The Fed’s gambit didn’t trigger a home-price recovery, but research shows it reduced subprime foreclosure risk

Research Brief / Competition

Quantifying the Benefits of Legally Cooperating with Competitors

Sales forecasting improves markedly as firms participate in standard setting organizations

Two males looking at a computer screen Research Brief / Leadership

Quantifying Team Leadership Approaches: To Do, or to Direct Others?

In a field often ruled by personality, a rational model is proposed

Foreign pharmacy Research Brief / Retail

Quality and Price: National Pharmacy Chains Benefit Consumers in India

Independent drug stores improve to meet the competition

A man using a laptop on his kitchen table Research Brief / Investing

Puncturing the Small-Investors-are-Bad-Investors Narrative

Individuals using the Robinhood trading app appear to beat the market