Healthcare
How Poverty Damages Health
Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being
Researchers: William Evans and Craig Garthwaite
June 4, 2012
Healthcare
A Patient, Not a Person
Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients
Researchers: Omar Sultan Haque and Adam Waytz
June 4, 2012
Economics
Which Plane Lands Last?
The tricky science of weather delays and airport landing slots
Researchers: James Schummer and Rakesh Vohra
May 3, 2012
Policy
The Impending Pension Problem
Pension liabilities are a massive hidden debt
Researchers: Joshua Rauh and Robert Novy-Marx
May 2, 2012
Leadership
What Constitutes Torture?
Perceptions change based on personal experience
Researchers: Loran Nordgren, Mary-Hunter Morris and George Loewenstein
May 2, 2012
Marketing
Goes Together Like Guilt and Pleasure
Guilty pleasures may be the best kind
Researchers: Kelly Goldsmith, Eunice Kim Cho and Ravi Dhar
May 2, 2012
Policy
A Strategy for Peace
How world leaders should react to provocateurs
Researchers: Sandeep Baliga and Tomas Sjöström
May 2, 2012
Politics & Elections
The Oprah Effect
Celebrity endorsement of political candidates can make a difference at the polls.
Researchers: Craig Garthwaite and Timothy Moore
April 2, 2012
Marketing
Buy Bigger, Feel More Powerful
Compensating for powerlessness through purchases
Researchers: David Dubois, Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky
April 2, 2012
Networking to the Top
Social connectedness could explain wealth inequalities
Researchers: Willemien Kets, Garud Iyengar, Rajiv Sethi and Sam Bowles
April 2, 2012
Finance & Accounting
The Trouble with VPIN
New economic indicator fails to live up to its promises
Researchers: Torben Andersen and Oleg Bondarenko
April 2, 2012
Marketing
Answering Unasked Questions
Identifying bias in consumer surveys and compensating for it
Researchers: David Gal and Derek D. Rucker
April 2, 2012
Healthcare
Patients, Pricing, and Prescription Drugs
Maximizing social benefit from the Medicaid drug program
Researchers: Peter Klibanoff and Tapas Kundu
March 5, 2012
Policy
Making Up Our Minds
When are people individuals and when are they part of a group?
Researchers: Adam Waytz and Liane Young
March 5, 2012
Strategy
Shipping's Bottom Line
How shipping charges influence online auction revenue
Researchers: Jennifer Brown, Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan
March 5, 2012
Marketing
Steady As She Goes
Stable prices keep customers happy
Researchers: Eric T. Anderson and Duncan I. Simester
March 5, 2012
Operations
The Trick to Turn-and-Earn
Why the allocation mechanism smoothes demand fluctuations
Researchers: Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu and Martin Lariviere
March 2, 2012
Economics
Why Markets Tip to One Platform (or Not)
Uncovering the secrets of market tipping
Researchers: Dylan Minor, Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan
February 2, 2012
Leadership
How Public Outrage Affects CEO Pay
Compensation changes but does not always decline
Researchers: Camelia Kuhnen and Alexandra Niessen
February 2, 2012
