When the US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new numbers, in theory it should make no difference whether the press release emphasizes…
Decision-makers often seek to design policies that support sustainable development. Prospective evaluations of how effectively such…
Men’s professional football is the biggest sport in the world, producing (by our estimate) US $33 billion a year. All is not well in the…
In the past decade, most states have banned or have considered banning the use of credit checks in hiring decisions, a screening tool that…
New Internet-based markets enable consumer/owners to rent out their durable goods when not using them. Such markets are modeled to…
Is labor mobility important in technological diffusion? We address this question by asking how plants assemble their workforce if they are…
This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable…
Conference call tone predicts future earnings and uncertainty. “Tone disappointment” (excessive negativity) predicts more strongly than “…
Recollection bias is the phenomenon whereby people, after observing a highly unexpected event, hold current risk beliefs about a similar…
After a 30-year absence, calls for international coordination of macroeconomic policy are back. This time the issues go by names like…