Variation in systemic risk at U.S. banks during 1974-2010
2012 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on improved ways to measure how banks pose risks to the financial system.
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Estimation of injury simulation in international women’s football
2011 study published in Research in Sports Medicine on the severity of injuries in international women’s soccer games.
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Press secretaries, journalists and editors: Shaping local Congressional news coverage
2012 study in Political Communication on political public relations effects, journalists’ response, and the press coverage that results.
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The socially conscious consumer? Tests of consumer support for fair-labor standards
2012 paper from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an experiment testing the appeal of fair-trade goods.
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Recording phone calls and conversations: Legal guide from the Citizen Media Law Project
Legal tip sheet from the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard’s Berkman Center.
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No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance
2012 study in Computers & Education on how Facebook and instant messaging can hurt college students’ grades.
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Cognitive pitfall! Videogame players are not immune to dual-task costs
2012 study by Duke, Penn State and Colby on how skilled video game players are not necessarily better multitaskers.
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Global oil: Areas of growth, capacity and long-term outlook
2012 study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on how the production of oil may increase rapidly in the coming decade.
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Effect of narrative news format on empathy for stigmatized groups
2012 study in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly on different reader responses to narrative stories versus policy stories, and the relative benefits of narrative stories.
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Expert credibility in climate change
2010 study in PNAS analyzing the beliefs of more than 1,000 scientists about human-induced climate change.
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