The Halloween strategy: stock market lore or scary real?
There is an old story — an apocryphal tale of the undead reanimated — a legend passed down from stock broker to stock broker. They call it “the Halloween strategy.”
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Opioid crisis in U.S. military driven by combat exposure in the war on terror, research finds
Research for the first time shows a causal link between combat exposure and prescription painkiller misuse.
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HBCUs pay higher fees to borrow money. Research links that premium to racism.
HBCUs looking to raise bond capital face higher fees than non-HBCUs, even when agencies that rate credit risk give HBCU-issued bonds their highest scores, according to recent research.
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Research reveals link between high pollen counts and low crime rates
New research reveals something unexpected about allergies: U.S. cities experiencing unusually high pollen counts also experience lower rates of reported violent crime.
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3 themes from national news coverage of 3 sexual assaults: Q and A with Anna Gjika
Research provides new insight into how national media outlets covered three high-profile sexual assault cases from the early 2010s.
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Want to reduce income inequality through access to startup capital? Results may vary
Looking at data crossing five decades, the authors of a new paper find income inequality increases as financial markets develop.
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Carbon taxes + cap and trade = Tackling climate change like an economist
Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade are the strategies for tackling climate change that have won the hearts of many economists. But the details of how the price of carbon is set are hardly settled.
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Tax cuts for bottom 90% of earners spur job growth, research finds
Employment increases after taxes are cut for most income earners — but not when tax cuts target the top 10% of earners — according to recent research in the Journal of Political Economy.
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When your boss is an algorithm: New research on computers as leaders
If you work for a boss who has all the emotional intelligence of a computer, consider that someday your boss might actually be a computer. It’s already happening in ridesharing and it won’t stop there, according to new research.
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US-China trade war: global consequences edition
These studies show that the trade war is a net loss for the world economy. And if a global trade war broke out, the economic hit could approach that seen during the Great Recession.
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