New research by University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor Ayelet Fishbach pinpoints one of the problems with getting kids to eat more healthful foods: Children reject nourishing fare simply because they know it is good for them, and once they know that, they assume the food won't taste good.
During the Great American Recession of the 21st century, more than 8 million people lost their jobs and more than 4 million homes were lost to foreclosure. In the years immediately preceding the recession, Americans doubled their household debt to $14 trillion. According to the new book "House of Debt" (University of Chicago Press, 2014), these events were directly related.
According to University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor Christopher K. Hsee, we still have negative feelings about things that approach us — even if they objectively are not threatening.
New research from Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that exceeding a promise isn't viewed any more highly than keeping a promise.
Epley and co-author Juliana Schroder found that participants in the experiments not only underestimated others’ interest in connecting, but also reported positive experiences by both being spoken to and to speaking with a stranger.
When renegotiating a contract in the NFL, timing is of the essence — the player can benefit financially the earlier in the offseason the contract is signed, while the team can benefit by waiting — and can mean a difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to new research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that the positive reaction one would have when succeeding is lessened if it doesn't follow the expected course.