Who Wants to Be First Mate On a Sinking Ship?
Companies in financial distress have trouble attracting the talent they need to right themselves
Researchers: Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa
March 13, 2013
To Rally Your Base, Buy Air Time
How political advertising is a zero-sum game.
Researchers: Jörg L. Spenkuch and David Toniatti
January 4, 2016
Do Former Soldiers Make Better CEOs?
Chief executives with military experience perform better under pressure and are much less likely to commit corporate fraud
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech and Carola Frydman
February 3, 2014
Why Do Trainees Get Stuck with So Much Grunt Work?
There must be faster ways to get them up to speed. Yet grueling apprenticeships persist in medicine, law, and the trades.
Researchers: Drew Fudenberg and Luis Rayo
December 4, 2018
Measuring the Impact of Dodd–Frank on Household Leverage
The regulation’s attempt to prevent people from taking on mortgages they can’t repay may not work as intended.
Researchers: Anthony DeFusco, Stephanie Johnson and John Mondragon
December 1, 2017
Is Your Household Liquid Enough?
Ample cash reserves aid households when faced with the unexpected.
Researchers: Scott R. Baker
December 1, 2014
How Malls Die—and How Your Business Could Be Next
When retail-store locations go under, they drag nearby stores down too.
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech, Nittai K. Bergman, Anna Milanez and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
October 6, 2014
Do High-Frequency Traders Deserve Their Bad Rap?
Though suspicions abound, HFTs generally help markets function and grow.
Researchers: Robert Korajczyk and Dermot Murphy
November 2, 2015
Why Are We So Quick to Borrow When the Value of Our Home Rises?
The reason isn’t as simple as just feeling wealthier.
Researchers: Anthony DeFusco
February 3, 2017
How Do People Respond to Sales Tax Increases?
New research shows we aren’t as blasé as economists thought.
Researchers: Scott R. Baker, Stephanie Johnson and Lorenz Kueng
November 2, 2017
