Bias - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2022
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How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

Black venture capital and growth investors have a much harder time getting funding than white investors, because—despite efforts to bring more racial diversity to financial services—private equity’s gatekeepers remain mostly white, according to new research. Very few... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

December 2007
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Bias in Jury Selection: Justifying Prohibited Peremptory Challenges

By: Michael I. Norton, Samuel R. Sommers and Sara Brauner

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25 Apr 2016
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#AirbnbWhileBlack: How Hidden Bias Shapes The Sharing Economy

17 Oct 2018
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Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

12 Oct 2022
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When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

01 Apr 2008
Working Paper Summaries

No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments

Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore & Max H. Bazerman

18 Feb 2022
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Behind the Research: Bias in AI with Himabindu Lakkaraju, Edward McFowland III, and Seth Neel

February 2010
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Conflict of Interest and the Intrusion of Bias

By: Don A. Moore, Lloyd Tanlu and Max Bazerman

This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Prejudice and Bias; Performance; Entrepreneurship; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Perception; Business Startups; Resource Allocation

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Choice Architects Reveal a Bias Toward Positivity and Certainty

By: David P. Daniels and Julian Zlatev

Biases influence important decisions, but little is known about whether and how individuals try to exploit others’ biases in strategic interactions. Choice architects—that is, people who present choices to others—must often decide between presenting choice sets with... View Details

Keywords: Nudges; Biases; Strategic Decision Making; Social Influence; Choice Architects; Choice Architecture; Reflection Effect; Certainty Effect; Loss Aversion; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence

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The BIAS Map: Behaviors from Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes.

By: A.J.C. Cuddy, S.T. Fiske and P. Glick

Keywords: Behavior; Groups and Teams; Attitudes

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25 Jul 2016
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Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help?

Keywords: by Jeffrey A. Frankel and Jesse Schreger

2016
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Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help?

By: Jeffrey A. Frankel and Jesse Schreger

Government forecasts of GDP growth and budget balances are generally more over optimistic than private sector forecasts. When official forecasts are especially optimistic relative to private forecasts ex ante, they are more likely also to be over optimistic relative to... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics

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30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

May 2022
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Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models

By: Tsedal Neeley and Stefani Ruper

Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that she accepted your resignation.” Heart... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Employment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technological Innovation

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