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Chicago Booth’s Brent Neiman and his coauthors have used micro data to construct a new picture of country-level investment portfolios.
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Changes to hiring practices can benefit those with lower socioeconomic status but hurt minority candidates.
How should companies respond to Black Lives Matter?
An expert panel discusses challenges and strategies for corporate responses to racial injustice.
Why was there a Treasury bond crisis amid the COVID-19 stock market crash?
The ominous market behavior reflected a new form of inefficiency introduced as a safety measure after the 2008–09 financial crisis.
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You should run more experiments
Testing assumptions in the field can avoid costly errors in decision-making.
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More people will buy insurance if you reframe the odds
Viewing the cumulative probability of an event over a longer time span can motivate people to take action.
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How South Korea limited COVID-19 deaths and economic damage
Research analyzes the policy trade-off between public health, economic well-being, and privacy.
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Anuj K. Shah says we’re criminalizing the effects of poverty
The mental strain of poverty increases the risk of making costly mistakes.
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Do both brands benefit from co-branding?
The effects of co-branding are unevenly distributed and difficult to predict.
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Fox News causes viewers to disregard social distancing
Research examines the role of the media in determining how much credence people give to expert advice.