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How Much Debt Can the Government Roll Over Forever?
Public bonds compete against other investments; a model of that relationship
How Many Pairs of Sandals Would You Look at Online?
On your phone, about 20. How retailers can best harvest sales from those glances
How Long Does a Humanitarian Crisis Last?
How to spot fake online reviews and the relationship between herding cultures and violence
How Local Governance Came to England’s Economy
Nico Voigtländer found that to combat arbitrary taxes and corruption, merchants persuaded the king to cede control
How Life Insurers Insulate the Markets from Turmoil
Valentin Haddad’s research finds that insurers’ patient investing shields risky assets — and those who hold them — from steeper declines
How Grocery Co-Ops Fit into the Competitive Landscape
Do for-profit supermarket chains tolerate higher-priced co-ops?
How Fashion Brands Can Best Ensure Worker Safety in Developing Nations
Collective action, rather than each brand working alone, appears more effective and costs less
How Far Would You Go for an Ivy League Kid?
Study finds interest in screening embryos for education propensity, especially if everyone else is doing it
How ETFs Muffle Stock Market Feedback to Managers
The rise of passive investing leaves companies mistrusting market signals on how best to deploy capital
How Established Firms Get Disrupted by Allies
Suppliers, distributers, product extenders go from helper to competitor
How Dollar Stores Contribute to Food Deserts
Expanding chains drive out independent grocers, reduce access to fresh produce
How Do Cashless Payment Systems Impact a Developing Economy?
Also: income tax refugees from California, where to find the next CEO and inviting older people into clinical trials
How Diversified Companies Can Redeploy Workers to Enable Growth
Experienced hands help new business lines find their way
How Companies in Big Cities Out-Export Those in Smaller Ones
Measure of export intensity raises questions about trade policy and housing restrictions
How Commodity Price Swings Destabilize Bank Relationships
Small firms in Peru shop nationwide for cheap credit, but loyalty runs two ways