Researchers 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 ...
Can 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 ...
What 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 ...
When 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 ...
The 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 ...
What 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 ...
The 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 ...
When 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 ...
How your personality may shape whether you pick value or growth stocks
A study of 351 students in Italy and Pakistan links Big Five personality traits to value versus growth stock preferences, ...
New research links local employment shocks to cognitive decline in older men
New research using local labor-demand shocks finds that employment losses are linked to measurable cognitive decline among men aged 51 ...