Valentin Haddad’s research finds that insurers’ patient investing shields risky assets — and those who hold them — from steeper declines
Rakesh Sarin creates a model that shows consumer “ambiguity” about product quality should drive marketing and brand management strategy
The narrative of a growing cultural divide, while partly true, conceals a more nuanced picture
A database of pre-industrial sampling supports historical and ethnographic research
Nico Voigtländer found that to combat arbitrary taxes and corruption, merchants persuaded the king to cede control
Tyler Muir finds that neither war nor deep recession darkens investor sentiment like sudden turmoil in the financial system
Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
Andrea Eisfeldt finds that hedge funds with infrastructure to execute sophisticated arbitrage crowd out less-expert investors
Improving epidemic forecasting helps response teams target aid more effectively
Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators
Studying 1 million Alibaba users, Hengchen Dai mostly confirms the transactional nature of internet retailing
Research by Bruce Carlin and Stephen Spiller suggests YouTube videos could help consumers make better money decisions
Asians, more than Americans and Europeans, make a point of experiencing joy in the short term
Results of financially weak firms are difficult to forecast; in uncertainty, Wall Street’s views are overly generous
An analysis of warrant trading reveals individuals’ poor grasp of complex securities
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve