Content Type: Research Brief
In Some Industries, Are Corporate Combinations Actually Good for Consumers?
A model focuses on startups that, while developing innovative products, seek a lucrative buyout
In Pleas to Remedy Economic Inequality, Babies’ Faces Outperform Adults’
It’s harder to hold an infant responsible for being poor
In COVID-19, Should the Logistics Tail Have Wagged the Vaccine Dog?
Balancing vaccine efficacy against need to quickly inoculate more people
In China, Big Investors Have Brilliant Timing ― Or Do They Know Someone?
A scan of a million brokerage accounts finds the wealthy trade ahead of market-moving news
In Adversity, Some High Performers Give Up Rather than Dig In
The world of tennis sheds light on a potential downside to office ranking systems
In a Global Church, Even a Widely Publicized Scandal’s Impact is Decidedly Local
Revisiting research on Catholic clergy sex abuse: Pennsylvania can expect fewer churchgoers and a painful decline in charitable contributions
In a Crisis, Solvent Borrowers are Overcharged, Subsidizing Troubled Bank Clients
An unusual data trove from Greece’s economic collapse reveals the practice
In a Boom, Incumbent Firms Can Redeploy Workers to Rapidly Expand
Startups lack bench strength, a disadvantage in tight labor markets
Improving Utility Calculations on Energy Demand to Reduce Costs
Power companies haven’t maximized the benefits of customers agreeing to short-term electricity interruptions
Improving Airlift Schedules with Algorithms
Splitting complex problems into parts simplifies and greatly speeds the task
Ignorance — About One’s Investments, Anyway — Isn’t Always Bliss
Valentin Haddad’s research looks at the phenomenon of “information aversion,” when individual investors stop tracking their portfolios for fear of bad news
If Shoe Shoppers Will Accept a Half-Size Difference, How Should Merchants Adjust Inventory?
Carrying fewer pairs of some sizes could be a potential profit booster for boutiques
Huge Spending — But Little Sharing of Research Results — on Cancer Drugs
U.S. efforts to encourage transparency widely ignored by companies
How-To Guide for Happiness Surveys, Which Increasingly Drive Public Policy
Advice for researchers aims to help improve both data collection and its interpretation
How Will You Spend Your IPO Windfall?
“Uh, I already bought a house”: Tech workers spend ahead of actual stock sales
How White Men, Discussing Race and Gender Inequities, Can Gain Credibility
Adding a note of personal advocacy to any factual statement helps a lot