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Jul 18, 2020
Recent study from San Francisco State University links attraction to 'tyrannical' leaders to dysfunctional family dynamics (n=130).
behavior
business/economics
group organization
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personal
personality/attitude
social/behavioral science
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Jul 06, 2020
Consumers prefer round numbers even when the specific number is better news. If a vaccine is presented as 91.27% effective, people are likely to think the vaccine is actually less effective than if it is presented as being 90% effective.
advertising/public relations
business/economics
mass media
number literacy/general statistics
public health
science
May 08, 2020
As the world economy is falling into one of the biggest contractions of the last decades, a new study finds that the likelihood of a downturn was high even before the onset of the Coronavirus crisis. With a 85% probability that after the crisis of 2008, the next recession would happen before 2020
business/economics
socioeconomics
taxation
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Apr 02, 2020
New study finds that although there is plenty of talk about promoting integration in cross-border regions, actual cooperation has very little evidence as concrete outcomes remain few and far between
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international/immigration
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Mar 15, 2020
Layoffs lead to higher rates of violent offenses and property crimes. Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after being laid off
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Jan 28, 2020
Likeability matters for women in every one of their interactions but it matters for men only if they interact with the opposite sex, new study shows. The results suggest that the likeability factor leads to considerable advantages in terms of average performance and economic outcomes for men.
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Jan 23, 2020
Medicare overpays for many surgical procedures. If Medicare payments were adjusted to remove the money allocated for undelivered postoperative care, reimbursements would be reduced by 28% or about $2.6 billion in 2018. Ultimately, patients bear the cost of distortions in payment rates.
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Dec 25, 2019
Purchasing luxury goods can affirm buyers' sense of status and enjoyment of items like fancy cars or fine jewelry. However, for many consumers, luxury purchases can fail to ring true, sparking feelings of inauthenticity that fuel what researchers have labeled the "impostor syndrome"
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Dec 16, 2019
Study finds flirting among coworkers can reduce stress
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Nov 20, 2019
UK Study: Lack of economic support hinders cognitive abilities of children of single mothers
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Nov 13, 2019
New research shows the more women on a company's board, the more market value is lost. Authors looked at 14 years of panel data from U.S. public firms. The effect was amplified for firms that received higher ratings for their diversity practices
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Jul 23, 2019
A study of dictators over the past 150 years shows they are rarely associated with strong economies, and quite often with weaker ones. Autocratic leaders are often credited with purposefully delivering good economic outcomes, but new research challenges that long-held assumption.
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Jun 28, 2019
Toxic substances found in the glass and decoration of alcoholic beverage bottles
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Jun 11, 2019
Deception viewed as a sign of competence in certain occupations. But companies put themselves at higher risk by hiring deceivers.
behavior
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science
Jun 07, 2019
An increase in cocoa price of up to 47% may be necessary to eliminate all child labor from cocoa production in Ghana
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Apr 24, 2019
Reducing energy required to convert CO2 waste into valuable resources. Chemical engineers have assessed the technical and economic feasibility of a new electrolysis technology that uses a cheap biofuel byproduct to reduce the energy consumption of the waste-to-value process by 53 percent.
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biomedical/environmental/chemical engineering
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Apr 15, 2019
The opioid epidemic may have cost US state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to opioid-related employment loss, according to a new study. Lost tax revenue represents an important cost that could be recouped and allocated to opioid prevention and treatment programs.
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Apr 12, 2019
People turn to consumerism to confront problems, grief and feelings. Research reveals a new consumption trend - the important role of marketplaces in enabling consumers to confront their problems.
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