People prefer prizes that could have been worse, study finds
Seven experiments with 12,000 participants show people prefer prizes that emerged from uncertainty over identical prizes given outright, apparently because ...
How generative AI is changing the volume and tone of consumer reviews
When Italy briefly banned ChatGPT in 2023, researchers used the four-week outage to measure how AI tools change online reviews. ...
When retirement feels out of reach: The health toll of working out of necessity
A six-year analysis of more than 5,000 older U.S. workers finds that 77% wanted to retire but felt they couldn't, ...
Do the rich spend less time on money? A new study says the opposite
Americans spend just 8.3 minutes a day on financial chores, yet rank them among the least enjoyable parts of daily ...
Seven decades of stock forecasts reveal a hidden divide between sophisticated analysts and everyday investors
MIT economists digitized 70 years of Value Line forecasts and found that sophisticated analysts and individual investors hold opposing views ...
When crypto traders are feeling optimistic, they pay less attention to the economy
A study of minute-by-minute crypto trading finds that prices and volume react instantly to U.S. economic reports, but that bullish ...
Shoppers hate skimpflation more than shrinkflation, new research finds
Across ten experiments, shoppers judged quality-cutting more harshly than shrinking packages or raising prices, and were less willing to buy ...
When a CEO sounds upbeat, Wall Street analysts tend to follow, even when they shouldn’t
A study of nearly 200,000 earnings calls finds that the emotional tone of a manager's remarks shapes analyst forecasts, and ...
When central bank bond-buying pays for itself: A new look at QE’s fiscal scorecard
An IMF team's model finds quantitative easing typically improves the government's overall fiscal position, even when central banks take large ...
Can AI Design a Better Ad? A New Study Puts It to the Test
Researchers fine-tuned an AI image generator on real consumer reactions and found its ads often matched or beat human-made ones, ...