34,334 letters were sent to test how sensitive those owing back taxes are to neighbors’ knowledge of the debts
Price movements can be more extreme
Uninsured and insured both receive help; benefits are temporary
Should tax-collecting agencies keep audit activity secret to discourage cheating?
Higher demand from U.S. and China means expanding into new markets
What happened when the Argentine government lied about inflation numbers?
Research might give pause to corporate boards changing compensation models
Embedding psychological nudges in mail reminding people to get tested improves compliance
Studying Chinese A and B shares reveals investor uncertainty
How a localized flood may result in fewer loans to a far-off community
Lenders financed expansion in some markets, offsetting problems in others
Valentin Haddad’s research looks at the phenomenon of “information aversion,” when individual investors stop tracking their portfolios for fear of bad news
Researchers offer a model for more effectively targeting wrongdoers
Most companies use asset leasing for business reasons, not accounting window dressing