Articles in English

Managing Managers' Reputations

How managers’ concern for their reputations influences their disclosure of earnings forecasts

Researchers: Anne Beyer and Ronald A. Dye

Marketing

When Seeing Leads to Buying

Recent research indicates that seeing a new vehicle on the road can help sway some drivers to buy.

Researchers: Blakeley B. McShane, Eric T. Bradlow and Jonah Berger

Marketing

Leave My Brand Alone

What happens when the brands we favor come under attack?

Researchers: Monika Lisjak, Angela Y. Lee and Wendi L. Gardner

Marketing

Buying and Selling Seasonal Goods

Decoding the dual dilemmas faced by customers and retailers

Researchers: Gonca P. Soysal and Lakshman Krishnamurthi

Economics

What Gas Stations Tell Us about the Ups and Downs of Consumer Demand

How do industries react to demand shocks?

Researchers: Jeffrey R. Campbell and Thomas N. Hubbard

Finance & Accounting

How Bankruptcy Spreads

The bankruptcy of a single airline can reduce collateral values industry-wide

Researchers: Efraim Benmelech and Nittai K. Bergman

Policy

"Equity Tunneling" Affects Market Outcomes

Securities regulation can boost share price

Researchers: Vladimir Atanasov, Bernard S. Black, Conrad Ciccotello and Stanley Gyoshev

Is Wikipedia Biased?

Verifying the “neutral point of view”

Researchers: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu

Social Impact

The Price of Pollution

How much does environmental activism affect a corporation’s bottom line?

Researchers: Ion Bogdan Vasi and Brayden King

Operations

Outsourcing Contracts in Service Industries

A new model reveals a surprisingly simple pricing scheme for outsourced service contracts

Researchers: Mustafa Akan, Baris Ata and Martin Lariviere

Economics

All in the Family

Grantmaking of family and non-family foundations differ in predictable ways

Researchers: Razvan Lungeanu and John L. Ward

Policy

Which Form of Government Is Best?

Democracies may not outlast dictatorships, but they adapt better.

Researchers: Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin

Policy

Why Are Presidents Less Effective than Prime Ministers?

Using game theory to model political systems leads to surprising insights.

Researchers: Daniel Diermeier, Pohan Fong and Razvan Vlaicu

Marketing

Peeking Inside the Wallet

How much do consumers spend on their credit cards?

Researchers: Yuxin Chen and Joel H. Steckel

Finance & Accounting

The Risk of Risk Avoidance

Firms with high managerial ownership may invest too cautiously

Researchers: Vasia Panousi and Dimitris Papanikolaou

Leadership

Flattery's Dark Side

Why you may want to consider how much you compliment

Researchers: Sun Hyun Park, James D. Westphal and Ithai Stern

Operations

How Much Is Your Customer's Time Worth?

If you are in fast food, a surprising amount

Researchers: Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen and Margaret Pierson

Finance & Accounting

Why Debt Markets Collapse

Information is key

Researchers: Michael J. Fishman and Jonathan A. Parker

Marketing

Balancing Results and Revenue

Tweaking keyword auctions to benefit search engines and Internet users

Researchers: Song Yao and Carl F. Mela

Leadership

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling

Women lend women a helping hand to obtain top positions

Researchers: David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller