Estimated Revenue of the Nonprofit Homeless Shelter Industry in the United States
How much does it really cost to provide shelter to the homeless?
Macro uncertainty, unemployment risk, and consumption dynamics
How does macro uncertainty impact consumption patterns among different income groups, and what does this mean for labor market dynamics and policy responses?
Freedom’s Dominion
How has the American understanding of “freedom” served as a facade for racial oppression and resistance to federal authority throughout history? Explore the intricate dynamics in Jefferson Cowie’s “Freedom’s Dominion,” a compelling examination of white resistance shaping national policy and personal liberties.
FinTech Credit and Entrepreneurial Growth
Can access to FinTech credit truly catalyze entrepreneurial growth and customer satisfaction in the digital economy, as evidenced by Alibaba’s two million vendors experiencing increased sales and better customer ratings?
Painting a Clear Picture while Seeing the Big Picture
How do leaders effectively promote organizational change through their thinking styles?
Leadership, Gender and Ethics: Embodied Reason in Challenging Masculinities
How can leadership be reimagined beyond traditional masculine norms to embrace ethics, gender diversity, and the physical body?
With a Grain of Salt: Uncertain News and Firms Disclosures
Beatrice Michaeli discusses how uncertain veracity of external news influences investor beliefs, market prices and corporate disclosures.
How Does Bank Lending To Non-Banks Affect Credit Allocation And Systemic Risk?
Using loan-level administrative data and a regulatory shock that induced some banks to redirect lending from non-financial firms to Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs), Abhishek Bhardwaj suggests firms dependent on such banks witness a contraction in total borrowing and experience worse real outcomes.
Covid and Cities, Thus Far
How have cities transformed under the crush of the pandemic, and what does the future hold for urban landscapes as health risks subside and remote work continues to shape living and working spaces?
Small Actions, Big Difference
Why do some companies excel in sustainability while others falter?
Strategic Conformity or Anticonformity to Avoid Punishment and Attract Reward
How do the expectations of rewards or punishments influence our decision to either conform or stand out?
Debt Governance, Wealth Management, and the Uneven Burdens of Child Support
How does the governance of child support amplify economic disparities and enforce racial and gender inequalities in the United States, reflecting broader societal divides in debt and wealth management?
Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey
Oyman Basaran discusses how the expansion of modern medicine in Turkey transformed young boys’ experiences of circumcision.
Is There Really a Dictator’s Dilemma? Information and Repression in Autocracy
What is the “dictator’s dilemma,” and how does repression paradoxically make autocrats less secure by limiting information about public discontent? Scott Gehlbach examines this dynamic and its potential resolutions through a formal framework rooted in the political economy of nondemocracy.
The US-China Trade War and Global Reallocations
How did the US-China trade war create new export opportunities for “bystander” countries, and how did tariff elasticities and supply dynamics determine whether they benefited by acting as substitutes or complements to US and Chinese exports?
Not in the Job Description: The Commercial Activities of Academic Scientists and Engineers
Do you know what motivates academic scientists and engineers to engage in commercial activities? New research reveals how desires for recognition, challenge, money, and impact drive patenting differently across life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, highlighting the need for nuanced understanding in policy and management.
Efficient Likelihood Evaluation of State-Space Representations
How can the evaluation of state-space integrals be made more efficient? “Efficient Likelihood Evaluation of State-Space Representations” introduces the EIS filter, building on previous particle filter methods, to provide continuous and adapted approximations that enhance the computation of these integrals, particularly in applications like DSGE models.
State Categories, Bureaucracies of Displacement, and Possibilities from the Margins
How do state-created categories and bureaucracies influence inequality and marginalization, affecting access to resources and rights for marginalized groups?
Human-centric research and innovation for the manufacturing sector
How can stakeholders in the industrial innovation ecosystem leverage human-centric approaches to technology, education, and policy to drive Industry 5.0 advancements and improve worker wellbeing, safety, and skills?