Tag: investors
Wendy’s ‘surge pricing’ mess looks like a case study in stakeholder...
Vivek Astvansh, McGill University
Just two words created a publicity nightmare for fast-food giant Wendy’s: dynamic pricing.
A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and...
Jared Starr, UMass Amherst
About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a...
Catch-22: Canada’s attempts to phase out fossil fuel might result in...
US$20 billion: That’s how much American investors think Canadian taxpayers should fork over to compensate them for their failed bid to develop...
What is insider trading? Two finance experts explain why it matters...
Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University and Marketa Wolfe, Skidmore College
Insider trading is the term used to describe the...
Fed rate hikes, recession fears and political backlash leave ESG investors...
Sehoon Kim, University of Florida
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again on May 3, 2023, by a quarter...
Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory...
Philip Fernbach, University of Colorado Boulder and Daniel Walters, INSEAD
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting...
Why Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg may be in hot water with the...
Jena Martin, West Virginia University
The Wall Street Journal recently revealed that Facebook treats users’ posts differently depending on...
Investors swoon over Bumble’s IPO – but what exactly is an...
Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee, West Virginia University
Bumble raised US$2.15 billion in an initial public offering, or IPO, late on...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
