When times are tough, we often look to family. Research suggests lenders do likewise: family-owned businesses paid significantly less for debt than nonfamily firms when credit was difficult to secure.

How the gambler’s fallacy causes bad decisions.

Chicago Booth assistant professor Ed O’Brien uses what we find funny to explain our behavior.

Research indicates that cash still beats out credit when there’s enough cash in a consumers’ pocket to cover the bill.

A UChicago start-up aims to become the “Keurig for delicious food.”

Chicago Booth’s Anita Rao and Stanford’s Wesley R. Hartmann use demographic data to figure out if moviegoers prefer bigger screens or more choices.

Chicago Booth professor Anil Kashyap answers 18 questions you have about the crisis in Greece.

Professor Richard Thaler examines the evolution of economics.

How knowledge workers are reshaping the map of the global economy.

The coming revolution in data analysis.

Economist Michael Greenstone studies the human cost of China’s pollution in the Huai River Valley.

Household debt was the primary cause of the 2008 financial crisis, a Chicago Booth economist finds.