In contrast to decades of research reporting surprisingly weak relationships between consumption and happiness, recent findings suggest that money can … More
Category: Research Findings
How do financial resources affect decision-making?
Professor Stefan Meier and colleagues find that, among low socio-economic groups, scarce resources indeed can affect one’s willingness todelay gratification … More
How do firms, managers and incentives match up?
This article combines unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The model illustrates how … More
How are information, communication and influence related?
Professor Andrea Prat and colleagues study the information flows that arise among a set of agents with local knowledge and … More
Is it lonely at the top?
Eight studies by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues find a robust negative relationship between the experience of power and the … More
Is your sense of self in your heart or your brain?
How does paid family leave impact father’s leaves and dual-earner households?
This paper provides evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers’ leave-taking, as well as on the division … More
What happens when spouses have different approaches to spending and saving?
Professor Michaela Pagel and colleague document how a spouse who spends more of his or her share of income increases … More
Grandma Knows Best
How does family interaction impact age of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis? This pilot study, conducted by Professor Nachum Sicherman and … More
Do CEO’s matter? How do family deaths impact them?
Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated … More