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April 7, 2014
The Sluggish Multitasker
Cognitive demands aside, multitasking can be inefficient and demoralizing
Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino and Nicola Persico
January 8, 2014
Statistics That Hurt
Racial discrimination still affects Black workers’ wages
Roland G. Fryer Jr., Devah Pager and Jörg L. Spenkuch
December 13, 2013
A Year at the FTC
Combinations, conduct, and competition in healthcare
Leemore S. Dafny
December 9, 2013
Plenty of Costs, Plenty of Benefits
A Q&A with Craig Garthwaite about the new insurance exchanges
Craig Garthwaite
November 4, 2013
The Second-Mover Advantage
A primer on how late-entering companies can compete with pioneers.
Venkatesh Shankar and Gregory Carpenter
October 7, 2013
When the Experts Are Biased
Do experts on committees help or hinder decision making?
Danielle Li
September 2, 2013
Doing Business in the Middle East
Americans and Middle Easterners approach negotiations differently
Soroush Aslani, Jeanne M. Brett, Jimena Y. Ramirez-Marin, Catherine H. Tinsley and Laurie R. Weingart
August 5, 2013
Freed from Employment Lock
Obamacare may lead people to choose to leave the labor market.
Craig Garthwaite, Tal Gross and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
July 1, 2013
Shop Online, Pick Up in Store?
The option helps companies’ sales in a surprising way
Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno-Garcia
June 3, 2013
The Importance of Appearing Savvy
Women especially benefit from knowing market rates for car repairs
Meghan Busse, Ayelet Israeli and Florian Zettelmeyer
April 4, 2013
Teaming Up to Cash In
How does competition work in the venture capital industry?
Yael V Hochberg, Michael J. Mazzeo and Ryan McDevitt
April 3, 2013
To Defend or Not to Defend?
What to do when a competitor enters your industry
Timothy Calkins
March 13, 2013
Who Wants to Be First Mate On a Sinking Ship?
Companies in financial distress have trouble attracting the talent they need to right themselves
Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa
January 2, 2013
What Gas Stations Tell Us about the Ups and Downs of Consumer Demand
How do industries react to demand shocks?
Jeffrey R. Campbell and Thomas N. Hubbard
November 1, 2012
All in the Family
Grantmaking of family and non-family foundations differ in predictable ways
Razvan Lungeanu and John L. Ward
November 1, 2012
Which Form of Government Is Best?
Democracies may not outlast dictatorships, but they adapt better.
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
June 4, 2012
Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?
The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce
Craig Garthwaite
June 4, 2012
The Specifics of Sleep
Using statistics to understand sleep better
Blakeley B. McShane, Allan Pack, Raymond J. Galante, Shane T. Jensen, Nirinjini Naidoo, Abraham J. Wyner and Michael Biber, Megan Ferber, Jia Hua Hu, John Zimmerman, Greg Maislin, Jacqui Cater, Paul Worley
June 4, 2012
How Poverty Damages Health
Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being
William Evans and Craig Garthwaite
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