Policy
Voters Love Winners (And So Do Endorsers)
How endorsers can gain the upper hand
Researchers: Mehmet Ekmekci
May 1, 2010
Leadership
Get Over Yourself
Why we think we’re forces to be reckoned with
Researchers: Tanya Menon and Leigh Thompson
May 1, 2010
Finance & Accounting
Hedging Your Bets Is Still a Gamble
Hedge funds and other alternative assets can underestimate risk, overestimate returns
Researchers: Gregory Connor, Lisa R. Goldberg and Robert Korajczyk
April 5, 2010
Marketing
Desire to Acquire
Powerlessness and compensatory consumption
Researchers: Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky
April 5, 2010
Social Impact
Why Did They Stay?
Perspectives on Katrina survivors’ “choice” to stand their ground or evacuate
Researchers: Nicole Stephens, MarYam Hamedani, Hazel Rose Markus, Hilary Bergsieker and Liyam Eloul
April 5, 2010
Economics
The Surprising Importance of Grades
Sending signals in the job market
Researchers: Brendan Daley and Brett Green
April 5, 2010
Marketing
Surveying Sensitive Topics
New tools help correct for survey bias
Researchers: Ulf Bockenholt and Peter van der Heijden
April 5, 2010
Social Impact
And the Poor Get Poorer
The economics of higher global temperatures.
Researchers: Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones and Benjamin A. Olken
March 1, 2010
The Sounds of Silence
Consumers cue on corporations’ crisis communications
Researchers: Eric Luis Uhlmann, George E. Newman, Victoria L Brescoll, Adam D. Galinsky and Daniel Diermeier
March 1, 2010
Policy
Pensions in Peril
The funding status of state-sponsored pension plans
Researchers: Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua Rauh
March 1, 2010
Policy
Timing Is Everything
The duration of climate agreements influences their success
Researchers: Bård Harstad
March 1, 2010
Corner Office Compensation
Post-employment benefits explain CEO compensation
Researchers: Brian D. Cadman and Linda Vincent
March 1, 2010
Trusting the Stock Market
Impressions influence investors decisions
Researchers: Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales
February 1, 2010
Finance & Accounting
The Financial Hazards of Aging
Why older adults choose riskier investments
Researchers: Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Camelia Kuhnen, Daniel J. Yoo and Brian Knutson
February 1, 2010
Marketing
The Devil Is in the Detailing
Modeling physician choice of prescription drugs
Researchers: Tulikaa Bhatia and Lakshman Krishnamurthi
February 1, 2010
Policy
Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
Restricting restaurant meals may not trim Americans’ expanding waistlines
Researchers: Michael Anderson and David A. Matsa
February 1, 2010
Strategy
To Settle or Not to Settle
Negotiations and attorney interests in medical malpractice cases
Researchers: Yasutora Watanabe
February 1, 2010
Consistent Contributors
Putting the team first helps solve the “cooperation problem”
Researchers: Mark Weber and J. Keith Murnighan
January 1, 2010
Strategy
Membership Has Its Punishments
Loyalty programs dissuade firms from pricing products competitively
Researchers: Yuk-fai Fong and Qihong Liu
January 1, 2010
