California’s $20 fast food wage pushed restaurant prices up 3.4% across the state, new analysis finds
A new analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data finds that California's $20 fast food minimum wage pushed restaurant prices ...
The psychology of “manifesting”: Why believers feel more successful but often aren’t
A new scale measuring belief in "manifestation" finds that about a third of Americans endorse it. Believers feel more successful ...
How AI is rewriting the marketer’s playbook, according to a wide-ranging literature review
A literature review of more than 200 publications maps how AI is being woven into marketing, from programmatic advertising to ...
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 ...
Congressional 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 ...
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 ...