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Released: 10-Feb-2014 5:45 PM EST
Income Inequality Is Making Americans Sick
Vanderbilt University

Income inequality is making Americans sick, according to a groundbreaking Social Science and Medicine article by Jonathan Metzl and Helena Hansen.

Released: 7-Feb-2014 1:00 PM EST
Study Shows Drop in Crime Rates Are Less Where Wal-Mart Builds
University of South Carolina

Communities across the United States experienced an unprecedented decline in crime in the 1990s. But for counties where Wal-Mart built stores, the decline wasn’t nearly as dramatic. The study, titled “Rolling back prices and raising crime rates? The Wal-Mart effect on crime in the United States,” released last month in the British Journal of Criminology, was written by Scott Wolfe, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Carolina.

Released: 6-Feb-2014 11:00 AM EST
UT Expert: Olympic Infrastructure Investments, Not Venues, Bring Economic Growth
University of Tennessee

All eyes turn to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympics this week as athletes compete to take the gold. But what happens to the city and sporting facilities that have been built for the event once everyone returns home? It's a question Scott Holladay, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has considered. He's studied the overall impact of the Olympics on a host city's long-term growth.

Released: 5-Feb-2014 4:45 PM EST
Study of Brokers' Potential Conflict of Interest in Routing Limit Orders Leaked to Wall Street
Indiana University

A new academic paper about potential conflict of interest in large retail brokers’ routing of limit orders has stirred controversy on Wall Street and caught regulators’ attention -- even before the paper has been submitted to a journal. While some in the industry have compared the study’s possible impact to an earlier one that reformed Nasdaq trading, the authors caution that the paper is not yet final and the findings should be taken in proper context.

Released: 5-Feb-2014 12:00 PM EST
Study Untangles Divergent U.S. Job-Tenure Patterns
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past? Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven’t been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time. In a new study, sociologists solve this puzzle.

Released: 4-Feb-2014 2:00 PM EST
Study Says Out of State Buyers WorsenedCleveland Home Vacancy Crisis
Case Western Reserve University

Nearly one out of every three Cleveland homes sold by banks after mortgage foreclosures end up condemned, abandoned, boarded up or demolished, and a unique “hazard-rate” analysis shows that the failure rate for these transactions is five times higher for larger investors and out-of-state buyers than for small investors, according to a new study by local housing and urban planning experts.

   
Released: 3-Feb-2014 2:00 PM EST
Study Finds Stock Price Movements Are Predictable During a Short Window
University of Iowa

A new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable for up to 30 minutes after the stock leaves the confines of its bid-ask spread.

Released: 30-Jan-2014 2:00 PM EST
‘Refund to Savings’ Tax-Time Savings Experiment Has Impact on Household Finances
Washington University in St. Louis

Last year, almost 900,000 low- and moderate-income tax filers participated in a unique tax preparation savings intervention program, depositing approximately $5.9 million more into savings accounts than they would have without the intervention. As the 2014 tax season opens, the Refund to Savings (R2S) initiative continues.

Released: 27-Jan-2014 1:00 PM EST
U.Va. Darden Professor Predicts More Employment, Low Inflation and a Higher Dow — But Watch Out!
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Unemployment will fall, inflation will simmer and the Dow will pop almost 500 points by the end of 2014, according to the predictions of economist Alan R. Beckenstein, professor of business administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Released: 27-Jan-2014 12:00 PM EST
Rust Belt Gentrification and How It Hurts the Poor
University at Buffalo

Silverman, an associate professor of urban and regional planning, is leading a project to make recommendations about where the government should place affordable housing in 10 of the fastest-shrinking U.S. cities.

Released: 22-Jan-2014 11:00 AM EST
Health Disparities Among African-American and Hispanic Men Cost Economy More Than $450 Billion Over Four Years
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

African-American men incurred $341.8 billion in excess medical costs due to health inequalities between 2006 and 2009, and Hispanic men incurred an additional $115 billion over the four-year period, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study looks at the direct and indirect costs associated with health inequalities and projects the potential cost savings of eliminating these disparities for minority men in the U.S.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2014 7:55 AM EST
Carsey Institute: 39 Percent of Unemployed Americans Are Seeking Work for Six-Plus Months
University of New Hampshire

Thirty-nine percent of unemployed Americans are experiencing long-term unemployment in the wake of the 2008 recession, which is more than double the percent unemployed more than six months but actively seeking work in 2007, according to new research about trends in long-term unemployment since the recession from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2014 5:00 AM EST
Study Finds Paid Search Ads Don't Always Pay Off
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

Businesses spend billions to reach customers through online advertising but just how effective are paid search ads? Using data from eBay, economist Steven Tadelis at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business compared whether consumers are more likely to click on paid ads than on free, generic search results and found that advertisers may not be getting their money’s worth.

Released: 15-Jan-2014 2:00 PM EST
Ray of Hope for Magazines in Digital Era
University of Toronto

While print media continue to suffer at the hands of their online counterparts, new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough finds that print magazines with companion websites are able to attract more advertising dollars.

Released: 15-Jan-2014 2:00 PM EST
Stanford Research Shows How Corporations Can Regain Financial Value After a Scandal
Stanford Graduate School of Business

New research from Stanford shows that corporations with tarnished reputations can regain their financial value by undertaking broad-based goodwill efforts.

13-Jan-2014 5:00 AM EST
New Study Finds MTV’s 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom Contributed to Record Decline in U.S. Teen Childbearing Rate
Wellesley College

The U.S. teen birth rate fell rapidly between 2008 and 2012. The Great Recession played the biggest role in the decline, explaining more than half of the drop, but a new study shows that that the timing of the introduction of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant also had a significant impact on the staggering drop in teen birth rates.

Released: 8-Jan-2014 2:00 PM EST
War on Poverty 50 Years Later: Florida State University Professor Available to Analyze LBJ’s Declaration
Florida State University

One of Florida State University’s nationally recognized experts is ready to answer media questions and provide analysis on how the efforts to end poverty in the U.S. have been stymied in light of the 50th anniversary of LBJ's declaration of war on poverty.

Released: 8-Jan-2014 1:00 PM EST
Insider Trading Laws Are Becoming Anachronistic
Vanderbilt University

Insider trading may be too engrained in the financial system in transactions such as credit default swaps to make banning them feasible, says a Vanderbilt law professor.

Released: 6-Jan-2014 3:00 PM EST
Is the Stock Market Overvalued? Depends on How You Look at it
Creighton University

Various stock market indices have recently reached all-time highs. Should investors be concerned that the stock market is overvalued? Should investors be pulling money out of the market in anticipation of a correction?

Released: 6-Jan-2014 9:00 AM EST
Researchers Map Out World's Winegrape Varieties
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide researchers have compiled statistics from 44 countries to develop the first database of the world's winegrape varieties and regions.

   
Released: 6-Jan-2014 5:00 AM EST
One “Villain” of the Housing Crisis Played Only a Small Role
Ohio State University

One of the major factors blamed for the subprime mortgage crisis may have actually played only a minor role in the housing meltdown, new research reveals.

Released: 19-Dec-2013 3:00 PM EST
Rural Mainstreet Economy Healthy for December
Creighton University

The overall index for the Rural Mainstreet Economy in 10 states continues to indicate that the areas of the nation highly dependent on agriculture and energy continue to expand at a healthy pace.

Released: 19-Dec-2013 2:00 PM EST
New Trucker Rest Rules Could Mean Higher Consumer Costs
University of Tennessee

New federal regulations mandating rest time for truckers could mean increased costs for consumers, according to a new study from the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Released: 19-Dec-2013 12:00 PM EST
Reporting Model Influences Balance Sheet and Net Income Forecasts Differently, Says Research From Syracuse University
Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University

New research by Lihong Liang, assistant professor of accounting at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and Edward Reidl, associate professor of accounting at Boston University, examines how the reporting model for a firm’s operating assets affects analyst forecast accuracy.

Released: 18-Dec-2013 2:00 PM EST
The Value of a Speech
University of Iowa

A new study by a University of Iowa researcher finds that stocks post better returns when they’re based in states where the governor strikes an upbeat tone in his or her state of the state address to the legislature.

   
Released: 17-Dec-2013 10:00 AM EST
Iowa State Professors Weigh Impact of Dodd-Frank on Banking and Business
Iowa State University

U.S. banking regulators recently approved rules for a key component of the Dodd-Frank Act more than three years after the law was initially enacted. Iowa State professors look at the impact of the law on banking and business.

Released: 12-Dec-2013 4:00 PM EST
U.S. Ranks Near Bottom Among Industrialized Nations in Efficiency of Health Care Spending
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A new study by UCLA and McGill Universities reveals that the United States health care system ranks 22nd out of 27 high-income nations when analyzed for its efficiency of turning dollars spent into extending lives. The researchers also discovered significant gender disparities within countries.

9-Dec-2013 3:00 PM EST
A Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats: Study Links Broader Health Insurance in Mass. With Better Health & Care
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

In 2006, Massachusetts was on the same brink that the entire nation is on today: the brink of expanding health insurance to cover far more people than before. Now, a study shows the health of its residents improved measurably, especially among the poor and near-poor, in just the first five years -- compared with the health of neighboring states.

Released: 5-Dec-2013 8:00 AM EST
What Do Investors and College Football Pollsters Have In Common?
Ohio State University

When it comes to choosing the best college football teams in the nation or the best companies to invest in, even the experts tend to fall for the same types of biased thinking that the rest of us do.

Released: 4-Dec-2013 3:00 PM EST
IU Expert: Online Retailers Losing Competitive Edge Over Traditional Stores This Holiday Season
Indiana University

With all of the talk about the growing success of Cyber Monday sales, an Indiana University retailing expert suggests that traditional retailers are closing the gap with online retailers such as Amazon.com.

Released: 4-Dec-2013 7:55 AM EST
For Top Teacher Pay, It’s All About Location, Location, Location
Cornell University

Where you live has a strong bearing on what you’re paid as a public-school teacher in the State of New York. Median salaries for teachers with Master’s degrees and 10 years experience range from $45,882 in the Mohawk Valley to a high of $81,852 on Long Island, according to a recent Cornell University study.



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