Economy

On NFL draft day, every team has the chance to win—or lose—big. With millions of dollars on the line and just minutes to make a final decision on each pick, a single choice can shape a franchise for years. Carnegie Mellon University experts said those intense moments offer a window... Read more

Crop insurance plays a critical role in agricultural risk management by providing financial protection when disasters such as flooding, hail, or fire occur. It is also a large part of the spending in the Farm Bill, as the federal government subsidizes the premiums producers pay.... Read more

Germany's largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and unable to escape either superpower, according to new research published by the University of Sussex and King's College London. The findings are published in the journal Review of International Political Economy.... Read more

When you go out to run errands on the weekend, you're on a "tour" as defined by human mobility researchers. Same if you book a guided tour of a famous city or take a trip on a cruise boat that reaches multiple ports. A characteristic of such tours is that... Read more

Digital Planet, the research center at the forefront of researching the AI transformation at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, today released the American AI Jobs Risk Index. It is a first-of-its-kind data-driven framework that maps the potential of AI-driven job vulnerability across every major occupation, industry, metropolitan area, and... Read more

A history of job changes could be a red flag on a résumé, or it could signal a job candidate with an important "mobility benefit" that will help them begin a new job, says new research from Rebecca Kehoe, professor of Human Resources Studies in Cornell's ILR School.... Read more

Everybody acts differently while they are being watched, especially by those with authority. Whether it's your boss sitting in the next cubicle next door or a cop car driving behind you, observation leads to behavioral changes. A new paper from Bret Johnson, associate professor of accounting at Costello College of... Read more

Picture a cockpit crew of two who met just minutes before takeoff, now descending through a turbulent midnight sky. They aren't looking at each other—their eyes scan the instruments in the cockpit and the horizon outside—and yet they move in perfect sync. This isn't just professional courtesy. It's a high-speed... Read more

New research shows that retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be designed to protect user privacy, one of the biggest concerns surrounding the future of digital money. Professor Iwa Salami of the University of East London and Professor William Buchanan of Edinburgh Napier University have examined how privacy risks... Read more

Highly successful women and racial minorities help to challenge stereotypes and serve as role models for members of their social groups, but seeing them in prominent roles can also create the illusion that organizations are more diverse than they really are, according to new research from the University at Buffalo... Read more

Could the rules of the options market be quietly costing you ten times more than your stock trades? A recent study in The Review of Financial Studies uncovers how current market rules protect high profits for option wholesalers and create significant financial incentives for brokers to favor option trading over... Read more

AI avatars are helping UK businesses save time and money, but without clear rules, workers are at risk and growth opportunities are being missed. A report published in the journal Synthetic Media Research Network, Replique warns that without clear legal rules, businesses risk costly mistakes that could turn cost savings... Read more

A new study finds overconfident CEOs are less likely to delegate responsibilities to underlings, particularly in settings that involve complex transactions—such as hammering out the details of high-stakes deals. The paper, "Leave it to Me: Overconfident CEOs' Lower Propensity to Delegate Acquisition Responsibility," is published in the Journal of Management... Read more

What if AI could predict the next financial meltdown? Sounds like a promising idea, yet as new research finds, the devil is in the details.... Read more

Worries about the British economy have long been dominated by one persistent concern—weak productivity. Since the financial crisis of 2008, growth has stagnated, leaving the UK trailing well behind the US, France and Germany across that whole period.... Read more