Chicago Booth Review

Why don't most voters spend hours researching every candidate and policy? According to @ChicagoBooth's Sam Peltzman, the answer is something economists call "rational ignorance." Listen to the full CBR Podcast 🎧chicagobooth.edu/review/podc… Watch on YouTube ▶️youtube.com/watch?v=TKzbxrgw…

How can we make federal grant money go further? Chicago Booth’s Anthony Le and his coauthors looked at how targeted #accounting rules could help grant-makers identify the most efficient researchers. ms.spr.ly/6016aFEYr

How can retailers decipher what online shoppers value? Research by Yale’s @Jabaluck, Chicago Booth’s @GioCompiani, and Fan Zhang from the Nova School of Business & Economics suggests a method that retailers can use to help guide their decisions. ms.spr.ly/6019aFGtc

🎙️🎙️ NEW AI can do the work. Can it build the trust? @UChicago @HarrisPolicy's John Burrows talks about what companies are missing in their AI strategies. chicagobooth.edu/review/podc…

Few among us believe positive thinking can cure climate change. And yet a certain brand of it might help, suggests research by @ChicagoBooth’s George M. Constantinides and @UniUtrecht’s Maurizio Montone. ms.spr.ly/6019aFEwh

"If you look at how we get knowledge of new opportunities, it's from weak ties, it's from acquaintances, it's from someone we knew in high school we haven't spoken to in years." - @JohnUChicago ms.spr.ly/6019aFG97

Polls consistently show that young people are far less enamored with capitalism than previous generations. In this episode of The In-House Ethicist, Chicago Booth's @jprollert explores why some of his own students seem to have second thoughts. 👉 ms.spr.ly/6016aFEb4

New data and a continent-wide survey in Africa capture what founders want and what funding looks like, via Chicago Booth’s Emanuele Colonnelli, the World Bank’s Marcio Cruz and @mariana_ppl11, Columbia’s @PorzioTommaso, and Stanford PhD student Chun Zhao. ms.spr.ly/6019aFEi1

Does better pay make better politicians? From 2017 ⬇️ ms.spr.ly/6017a4bHV

Can we stop people watching porn? @ChicagoBooth's @Devin_G_Pope talks about his research on the impact of age-verification laws. ms.spr.ly/6010aFEcE

It’s difficult (but not impossible) to regulate online porn, according to research from @UChicago’s Matthew Brown, @NotreDame PhD student Emily Davis, and @ChicagoBooth’s @Devin_G_Pope ms.spr.ly/6017a2kpX

What makes a gift feel special? Research by @MinkwangJang of @sgSMU (a graduate of Booth’s PhD program) and @ChicagoBooth’s Shereen Chaudhry and @ayeletfishbach explains how being widely generous can backfire on givers. ms.spr.ly/6018aFEjw

What shoppers buy reflects what they know about products—not just what they like. A new method helps tell the difference. ~via Yale’s @Jabaluck, Chicago Booth’s @GioCompiani, and Fan Zhang from the Nova School of Business & Economics ms.spr.ly/6010aF1Wn

When a state legalizes sports betting and intends to tax it, how should the levy be designed? Research suggests that the tax most states already use is, in many ways, a win for policymakers. ms.spr.ly/6014aFE5u

Coverage of the 2026 US midterm elections often seems to treat the races like sporting events. #Capitalisnt hosts @zingales and @bethanymac12 pulled the candidates’ actual economic platforms and stress-tested the math. ms.spr.ly/6014aFGBj

ICYMI: What are we losing when work gets more efficient? @UChicago @HarrisPolicy's @JohnUChicago discusses social capital and why it matters at work. ms.spr.ly/6016aFEeo

#Capitalisnt hosts @zingales and @bethanymac12 put US candidates’ economic platforms to the test ahead of Tuesday's midterms. ms.spr.ly/6010aF17q

Does the economy have too much riding on AI? A panel of experts considers whether the market’s hottest industry is concentrating risk. via @KentClarkCenter #AI ms.spr.ly/6015a2knH