When a CEO’s foreign accent becomes an asset: What investors actually hear
An experiment using AI-generated CEO voices finds that investors were willing to invest more in companies led by foreign-accented CEOs...
Read moreDetailsCongressional stock trades look a lot like retail investing, new study finds
A new analysis of a decade of congressional stock trades finds lawmakers don't beat the market, and their buy-sell decisions...
Read moreDetailsResearchers identify a costly pattern in consumer debt repayment
New research finds that borrowers with multiple installment loans tend to prepay the oldest one first, even when paying down...
Read moreDetailsCan GPT-4 pick stocks? A new AI framework reports market-beating returns on the S&P 100
Researchers built an AI framework around GPT-4 that reads news, earnings reports, and macro data to pick stocks. On the...
Read moreDetailsWhat 120 studies reveal about financial literacy as a lever for economic inclusion
A systematic review of 120 studies maps what financial literacy programs teach, who they reach, what effects participants report, and...
Read moreDetailsWhen illness leads to illegality: How a cancer diagnosis reshapes the decision to commit a crime
A study of Danish administrative records finds that cancer diagnoses are linked to a 14% rise in criminal convictions, driven...
Read moreDetailsThe Goldilocks zone of sales pressure: Why a little urgency helps and too much hurts
New research across two retail field studies finds that moderate time pressure boosts sales performance while excessive pressure drags it...
Read moreDetailsWhat women really want from “girl power” ads: Six ingredients that make femvertising work
New research identifies six distinct qualities women use to judge gender-equitable advertising, and shows how those perceptions translate into loyalty...
Read moreDetailsThe seductive allure of neuroscience: Why brain talk feels so satisfying, even when it explains nothing
A meta-analysis of 60 experiments finds that adding irrelevant neuroscience to explanations reliably boosts how satisfying they feel, but rarely...
Read moreDetailsWhen two heads aren’t better than one: What research reveals about human-AI teamwork in marketing
A meta-analysis of 132 experiments finds that adding AI to marketing workflows reliably improves human performance, but human-AI teams rarely...
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