Tag: economics
Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an...
David Ikenberry, University of Colorado Boulder
For years, I’ve puzzled over a question that seems to defy common sense:...
Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
Aeimit Lakdawala, Wake Forest University
Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than...
No credit history? No problem − new research suggests shopping data...
Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame and Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University
If...
American capitalism is being remade by state power
H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
Is the Trump administration trying to reshape American capitalism? Recent moves by Washington, such...
Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom...
Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and...
When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird
D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Gary F. Templeton, West Virginia University
When business researchers analyze data, they...
For America’s 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard
Peter Boumgarden, Washington University in St. Louis and Dilawar Syed, The University of Texas at Austin
Imagine it’s April...
Beyond the backlash: What evidence shows about the economic impact of DEI
Rodney Coates, Miami University
Few issues in the U.S. today are as controversial as diversity, equity and inclusion –...
EXPLORING NATURE
Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the...
Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Vanderbilt University and Aditya Reddy Kurre, University of Pennsylvania
A two-toed sloth at the...
