How Uber Could Avoid That Notorious $362.57 Fare
Sushil Bikhchandani’s model analyzes incentives underlying surge-pricing schemes
Two-Tier Pricing: Reducing Risk for ACOs and Specialist Practices
Fernanda Bravo’s research suggests higher prices for the first few procedures — then a volume discount
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Bowling for Fascism: Exploring the Dark Side of Social Capital
Nico Voigtländer finds, in pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
Local-Level Mortgage Lending: How Competition Pushes Rates Higher, Not Lower
Mark J. Garmaise’s study finds unexpected impact when a disruptive player enters market
Clues to the Market When Mortgage Originators Delay Securitization
With high-quality borrowers hard to judge from afar, Barney Hartman-Glaser finds that Alt-A market offers quiet signal on creditworthiness
Cultures That Delay Gratification: Their Immigrants to the U.S. Excel in School
Paola Giuliano's study finds the benefit to students increases over time
Household Energy Conservation: Appeal to Cost Savings or Environmental and Health Impacts?
Magali Delmas studied how money-saving messages lose impact over time, while worry about dangerous pollution helps consumers show discipline
Polluting Chinese Manufacturers: Do Their Misdeeds Drag Down Shares of Their Customer Companies Overseas?
Christopher Tang found that factories’ political connections — a boon in good times — turn into a liability when trouble hits
- Sensitivity to Debt Type Predicts Financial Health
- Largest Firms’ Stock Gains Skew Big Picture on Worker-Owner Income Division
- Do Corporate Wellness Programs Boost Worker Productivity?
- Snarky Co-Workers Can Ruin Morale, Even When the Boss Is Supportive
- Local-Level Mortgage Lending: How Competition Pushes Rates Higher, Not Lower
- Debt-Heavy Companies: More Risk, No Offsetting Return
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Policy-level nudges could also help pre-retirees consider annuities as a potential key tool in their retirement savings 'decumulation' plan.”
Save-Save-Save, but Then What? Financial Structure and Spending in Retirement
Innumerable nudges exist to help savings accumulation; now Shlomo Benartzi, Hal Hershfield, Suzanne Shu and Robert Zeithammer turn to “decumulation”
Are Americans Really Annuity-Averse? Clear Thinking on Retirement Income
A monthly check, not just a pile of cash: Suzanne Shu and Robert Zeithammer demystify the instruments too few are using
Examining the Difference Between Quality and Taste in Consumer Preferences
Laptops and TVs are based on quality, fast food and soda on taste; but Stephen Spiller finds that some buyers defy these models, and it’s an opportunity for marketers
Uber-Like Services: Variable Driver-Company Revenue Split Improves Profit
Chris Tang's research adds a second lever, after "surge" pricing, to adjust the supply of drivers
The Strange Case of the Missing Stock Return
Investors in leveraged companies take on extra risk, but Ivo Welch’s research indicates they see no offsetting return
Snarky Co-Workers Can Ruin Morale, Even When the Boss Is Supportive
Malignant personalities loom large in workplace happiness; Corinne Bendersky’s research suggests that a supervisor’s positive tone carries only so far
Do Corporate Wellness Programs Boost Worker Productivity?
Industrial laundry gains 4 percent output; as Ian Larkin finds, better health and better feelings toward employer could account for increase