Data Analytics
The Specifics of Sleep
Using statistics to understand sleep better
Researchers: 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
Juni 4, 2012
Policy
Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?
The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce
Researchers: Craig Garthwaite
Juni 4, 2012
Healthcare
How Poverty Damages Health
Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being
Researchers: William Evans and Craig Garthwaite
Juni 4, 2012
Healthcare
A Patient, Not a Person
Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients
Researchers: Omar Sultan Haque and Adam Waytz
Juni 4, 2012
Economics
Which Plane Lands Last?
The tricky science of weather delays and airport landing slots
Researchers: James Schummer and Rakesh Vohra
Mai 3, 2012
Policy
The Impending Pension Problem
Pension liabilities are a massive hidden debt
Researchers: Joshua Rauh and Robert Novy-Marx
Mai 2, 2012
Leadership
What Constitutes Torture?
Perceptions change based on personal experience
Researchers: Loran Nordgren, Mary-Hunter Morris and George Loewenstein
Mai 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
Mai 2, 2012
Policy
A Strategy for Peace
How world leaders should react to provocateurs
Researchers: Sandeep Baliga and Tomas Sjöström
Mai 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
März 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
März 5, 2012
Strategy
Shipping's Bottom Line
How shipping charges influence online auction revenue
Researchers: Jennifer Brown, Tanjim Hossain and John Morgan
März 5, 2012
Marketing
Steady As She Goes
Stable prices keep customers happy
Researchers: Eric T. Anderson and Duncan I. Simester
März 5, 2012
Operations
The Trick to Turn-and-Earn
Why the allocation mechanism smoothes demand fluctuations
Researchers: Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu and Martin Lariviere
März 2, 2012
