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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 51.2 from October’s growth neutral 50.0. Weakness among nondurable goods manufacturers in the region were more than offset by strength among durable goods producers. The region’s heavy manufacturers reported solid upturns in new export orders for November.
With the holiday shopping season in full swing it appears Canadians now more than ever are keeping a watchful eye on the exchange rate before heading south of the border to shop. Even a one cent increase in the exchange rate causes a disproportionate number of Canadians to go cross-border shopping, according to a new study from a team of researchers including University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management professor Ambarish Chandra.
Online classified ad shoppers respond less often and offer lower prices when a seller is black rather than white, finds a newly published study based on an elegant field experiment.
The overall index for the Rural Mainstreet Economy continues to point to positive, but slow economic growth in the months ahead.
The “social safety net” expanded to catch many Americans during the economic downturn and welfare programs "did their job and made a difference," an economist has found.
Canadians do not share the federal government’s opinion when it comes to the fight against climate change. Canada should work more closely with other countries to address this issue, according to 63% of the participants in a new survey.
Investors who packed the first day of the sixth annual University of Virginia Investing Conference learned that public equities are the top investment alternative for the average person in the current, wacky economic climate.
Does the use of government assistance by parents make their children more likely to use welfare, too? Yes, suggests research coauthored by University of California, San Diego economist Gordon Dahl. The question has been a difficult one and has fueled policy debates for decades
This new study looks at the expectations of urban, low-income tweens about afterschool arts programs and offers insights directly from tweens, teens, their families, teachers and leaders in arts and youth development.
In order to evoke a true transformation, the U.S. health care system needs an audacious goal, one equivalent to President Kennedy’s call for a man on the moon in 1962, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PHD, chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Penn Medicine. In a Viewpoint published in the November 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Emanuel recommends limiting the rate of per capita health care cost increases to that of the U.S. economy as a whole as measured by the growth of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).
This news release includes information from health care policy experts and researchers who spoke about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at a forum organized by Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University.
In their annual forecast presented today, Indiana University Kelley School of Business economists frequently used the word "disappointing" to describe the outlook for 2014 and laid blame at the feet of government and policy makers. A "tepid" economic recovery is expected to continue well into 2014.
Students with the greatest need for financial aid for college are the least prepared to submit the applications early enough to receive it, according to a study conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago .
The October Mid-America Business Conditions Index fell to its lowest level since 2012. The partial government shutdown combined with pullbacks among firms with ties to agriculture pushed overall economic conditions lower for the month.
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that having an investment on a corporate board makes for more successful mergers and acquisitions with higher stock prices, lower costs and fees.
The currently high costs of medical education – which at some schools rise above $60,000 per year – are sustainable only if physician salaries remain high, which the authors, led by a physician from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, say is less likely because of efforts to reduce health care costs.
Iowa State University researchers looked at how prices, parents and peers affect fruit and vegetable consumption among African-American youths. Researchers say understanding these factors can help design more effective policy interventions.
Corporate executives are astonishingly overconfident in their ability to forecast the stock market, a new study shows.
Florida’s consumer confidence fell sharply in October to 71, down seven points from September and its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Chief financial officers from publicly traded companies are less upbeat about the economy than their counterparts in private companies.
The Illinois Medical District adds $3.4 billion to the Chicago region's economy, is responsible for 18,000 jobs, and contributes $75 million in tax revenue to the state and nine-county area, according to an economic impact study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Despite a 7.2 percent national unemployment rate, the job market is a healthy one for college students majoring in information systems, with nearly three quarters of students receiving at least one job offer, according to the nationwide IS Job Index by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and Temple University’s Fox School of Business.
The 15th annual Arkansas Poll, conducted during the federal shutdown, found residents of the state dramatically more pessimistic about the future while continuing the trend toward identifying as Republican-leaning Independents.
Military veterans who report having common financial problems, such as bouncing a check or going over their credit limit, are four times more likely to become homeless in the next year than veterans without such problems.
Poverty coupled with stress have long-lasting effects on brain function, according to a study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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