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Buyers find the tomes heavy, costly and too frequently revised, while sellers might like to kill the used book market entirely

Less sophisticated investors reveal their sentiment in certain trades, and a 20-year study measures it company by company

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A clue that parents prefer a son: They have more kids when their firstborn is a girl

The government’s floating rate notes feature an added measure of security: higher interest earnings in times of rising rates

Researchers offer a model for more effectively targeting wrongdoers

Researchers take on the difficult job of isolating for-profit prisons from a host of other factors

It’s not just sheep — even go-getters can be susceptible when they feel less in control

Reviews that explicitly talk about objective quality assessments are well received

Researchers told subjects to treat their weekend like a vacation, then gauged happiness on Monday

Websites peddle unnamed hotels and even cities; would you pay to omit one from the list?

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

Those who keep finances separate are likelier to split up, be less satisfied with their relationship

Looking at costs, in a sample of 5,000 plants in Chile, remarkable productivity gains occur

Unpublished research shows avoiding the extremes is a common approach marketers need to address

Abdicating a decision to someone else is viewed as an act of generosity that is handsomely rewarded

Data back to 1870 show similarities in the worst banking system shocks — focusing on loose lending before a meltdown

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