Economics & Business
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09.09.2015
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.
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08.31.2015
How the gambler’s fallacy causes bad decisions.
08.12.2015
Chicago Booth assistant professor Ed O’Brien uses what we find funny to explain our behavior.
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07.29.2015
Research indicates that cash still beats out credit when there’s enough cash in a consumers’ pocket to cover the bill.
07.14.2015
A UChicago start-up aims to become the “Keurig for delicious food.”
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07.07.2015
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.
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06.29.2015
Chicago Booth professor Anil Kashyap answers 18 questions you have about the crisis in Greece.
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06.17.2015
Professor Richard Thaler examines the evolution of economics.
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05.31.2015
How knowledge workers are reshaping the map of the global economy.
May–June/15
Economist Michael Greenstone studies the human cost of China’s pollution in the Huai River Valley.
May–June/15
Household debt was the primary cause of the 2008 financial crisis, a Chicago Booth economist finds.