The Mechanics of How Social Media Turbocharges Asset Bubbles
Establishment media coalesces around a lone narrative, but online chatter hops between storylines, sometimes shocking traders
Whose Job Is — and Isn’t — at Risk From Robots?
Also: withdrawal penalties on bank CDs; breathalyzers and DUIs; and how to manage with fewer managers
Mortgage Prepayments: Factors beyond Interest Rate Movements
A model estimates the impact of economic variables on the pricing of prepayment risk
Our Flawed Pursuit of Happiness — and How to Get It Right
New approaches to spending and time-management examine how our actions do or don't influence our level of satisfaction
Wealth Building Behavioral Trait Holds Up in Large-Scale Study
Feeling connected to — not estranged from — our older self is associated with savings and other helpful present-day behaviors
How Banking’s Bifurcated Deposit Approach Is Altering Lending — and Risk
Offering higher deposit rates lessens emphasis on loans of fixed rate and longer maturity
Keynes vs. FDR: Lessons from the Great Recession
Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
Impact of High-Speed Rail: Surprising Data on Real Estate Prices
In Japan, speedier commutes let workers live farther from jobs, taking some pressure off high-priced housing markets
People Pay for the Right to Bid — and Then Overbid
Bidders sacrifice a better price to avoid ending up with nothing
Examining the Difference Between Quality and Taste in Consumer Preferences
Laptops and TVs are based on quality, fast food and soda on taste; but some buyers defy these models, and it’s an opportunity for marketers
As AI Supercharges Finance Research, Will We Believe the Results?
Building benchmarks to guide researchers and validate AI-enabled findings
Shaming Smokers Actually Increases Their Urge to Light Up
Being stigmatized by stereotype feeds anxiety and depletes self-control
Unintended Consequence of Stale Corporate Bond Fund Prices Amid Fed Tightening
In wild markets, do the most dated prices actually reduce redemptions?
Techies Have Chance Encounters and Brainstorm — and If They Don’t, Innovation Suffers
What your genome says about college completion, and how likely a crash is after a credit boom
Americans Want to Help Poor People, but Only the Hard-Working Poor
Biases around race, nation-of-origin and disability are small compared to the preference for helping the diligent