Does getting older make us better with money? It depends on your income
A two-study look at how age reshapes financial choices finds that older adults tend to wait more patiently for delayed ...
What three “dark” personality traits reveal about how people handle money
A study of 1,550 adults examined how three "dark" personality traits relate to money habits and financial well-being, finding distinct ...
The hidden cost of a mansion tax: How Los Angeles may be losing much of what it collects
Los Angeles taxed pricey property sales to fund housing. New research finds the tax cut sales roughly in half, quietly ...
When doing good becomes a cost: India’s CSR mandate and the hidden hit to stock returns
A study of 2,017 Indian companies finds that firms forced to spend on CSR under a 2014 mandate saw stock ...
Researchers pinpoint what remote work takes away that offices provide
Two experience sampling studies of hybrid workers found that remote days bring less coworker small talk, less relational energy, and ...
Fewer than 4 in 10 investors use this fraud safeguard. New research explains the gap
Fewer than 38 percent of U.S. investors name a "trusted contact" for their accounts. A new study finds financial knowledge ...
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 ...