The Democracy Network
New research suggests that membership in intergovernmental organizations is an important driver in spreading democracy.
A Tax by Any Other Name
New research reveals how labels trigger cognitive and emotional processes underlying decision making.
Gaming the Electoral College
A model uses game theory to predict how changes to the electoral system could shift campaign strategies and ad spending — and alter election results.
A Little Debt Can Curb Big Risks
Pegging CEO pay to banks’ credit default swap spreads could inhibit excessive risk taking, without requiring new regulatory measures.
Do Institutional Investors Have an Ace up Their Sleeve?
The SEC’s confidential disclosure exceptions provide a good balance between transparency and protecting the trade secrets of institutional investors.
Was Policy Failure behind China's Great Famine?
A rigid central planning policy, rather than poor weather and low farm yields, may be the principal cause of wide-scale starvation that hit China in the mid-twentieth century.
Forecasting Uncertainty
New research from Maxim Ulrich shows that inflation uncertainty impacts bond prices and yields more dramatically than GDP uncertainty.
A Simple Equation
New research shows why preventing another mortgage crisis might come down to cultivating better basic math skills.
A Passive-Aggressive Path to Harvesting Risk Premiums
Large, long-term investors can capture a variety of risk premiums at lower cost by shifting some investments from active management to passive benchmarks.