Finance
What Makes Oil Prices So Volatile?
There’s more to the story than OPEC. Plus, how fracking stands to change the market.
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Finance
Why Do Companies Turn Down Profitable Investments?
Limited organizational bandwidth can restrict managers’ options.
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Finance
The Puzzling Case of Why Syndicated Loans Are Cheaper in June than January
Research shows that interest rates are lower for borrowers who can plan ahead.
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Finance
Alaskans Get an Annual Check from the State. How Do They Spend It?
The answer depends on a family’s income, but not in the way many economists expected.
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Finance
How the Most Recent Government Shutdown Affected Workers’ Household Spending
Even temporary income dips lead to a surprising degree of belt-tightening.
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Finance
How Risk Aversion Motivates Executives
Incentivizing leaders with too much stock promotes caution—and encourages underperformance.
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Finance
Why Are We So Quick to Borrow When the Value of Our Home Rises?
The reason isn’t as simple as just feeling wealthier.
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Accounting
When Companies Tweet, Investors Listen
Posting negative news on corporate social media might make investors uneasy and lead to bad press.
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Policy
How Drinking Beer Is Saving Russian Lives
Decades later, a Soviet public health initiative is still increasing male life expectancy.
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Social Impact
What Is the Future of Impact Investing?
“People are revisiting the relationship they want their capital to have with the world.”
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Finance
What Good Is a Financial Advisor?
They may have your best interests in mind, but that doesn’t mean their advice is sound.
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Policy
Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive
But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.
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Policy
Christine Lagarde on Income Inequality, Brexit, and the Power of M&Ms
A Q&A with the IMF managing director and Kellogg’s Sergio Rebelo.
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Finance
Beefing Up Collateral Laws Could Encourage Banks to Lend
In many emerging economies, businesses without real estate struggle to access credit.
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Leadership
Six Tools for Communicating Complex Ideas
Business leaders need to know how to make their information stick.
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Finance
Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 11: Which Bankruptcy System Is Better?
In certain markets, forcing companies to liquidate could cause offices and factories to sit empty.
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Accounting
Your Investment Tool Is Failing You
A new tool offers smart investors an improvement over the CAPM.
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Entrepreneurship
Keeping the Angels at Bay
Startups should be wary of accepting too much money from angel investors.
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Finance
Why Did Car Sales Drop So Dramatically During the Financial Crisis?
Even willing buyers were affected by a credit freeze.
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Finance
Video: How to Play the Lottery Without Losing
Can we fight the poverty trap with new savings accounts that offer raffle tickets instead of interest?
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