Using Ancestral Characteristics to Study Modern Economics
A database of pre-industrial sampling supports historical and ethnographic research
Societies With a Legacy of Herding: More Prone to Current Day Violence
A culture that valorized revenge among pre-industrial herders resonates today
Does Cross Ownership By Big Investors Make Industries Less Competitive?
Examining executive pay tied to revenue growth to identify any correlation
What Makes a Good Front-Line Manager — in Business and in War?
Civil War officers with working-class backgrounds held units together best
How Nonprofits Can Better Engage Volunteers
When to allow unpaid workers to call dibs on recurring tasks — and when not to
Not All Second Chances Are Good Ones
Hengchen Dai finds that hitting the reset button can help those who have recently struggled, but erodes the motivation and execution of top performers
Why Would a Hedge Fund Manager Reveal Stock Positions?
A model suggests that the data might lead index funds to target those same stocks in oversight of corporate management
A Model Could Help Food Processors Operate More Efficiently
Managing production with the declining potency of a catalyst
Politicians and Labor Love Reshoring; Investor Reaction Is Mixed
Stock prices dip around some announcements of return of jobs
Market Bubbles Aren’t Entirely Irrational Exuberance
A model examines the relationships between innovation, speculation and market values
People Suffer From Hiding Their Feelings – So Might Their Employers
Forced to nod in agreement, workers may embrace conspiracy theories, be less trusting
What Limited Attention Does to Efficient Market Theory
Stocks don’t react to news immediately because, well, we’re human
The Collective Wisdom of Options Trades as Interest Rate Predictor
Skewness, measuring the range of biases, strongly suggests rate moves
Less Leveraged Than the Competition: Ready to Snag Distressed Assets in a Recession
When bad times hit, highly indebted companies often have to sell operations and equipment at fire-sale prices
Abusing a Co-Worker? Watch Your Back
Analysis of 250 studies finds the most common response to negative workplace behavior is an eye for an eye