Publications

Article

Sizing Up Entrepreneurial Potential: Gender Differences in Communication and Investor Perceptions of Long-Term Growth and Scalability

By: Laura Huang, Priyanka D. Joshi, Cheryl J. Wakslak and Andy Wu

Female entrepreneurs have been found to face disadvantages as compared with male entrepreneurs, especially in acquiring the financial resources they need to sustain and grow their ventures. Across three studies, we examine how disparities in funding outcomes may be due... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Finance; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Communication; Perception

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Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning

By: Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber

At least 62 million K-12 students in North America—disproportionately low-income children of color— have been physically out of school for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are at risk of significant academic, social, mental, and physical harm... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Public Health; Air Quality; Social Determinants Of Health; Schooling Hesitancy; Vaccine Hesitancy; Racial Injustice; Inequity; Inequality; Health Pandemics; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Race; Equality and Inequality

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business

Keywords: by Constance E. Bagley, Gavin Clarkson & Rachel Power; Legal Services

12 Oct 2022
Video

Lumumba Seegars: Inequality & Agency in ERGs

2019
Presentation

Mobilizing Privileged Allies to Address Inequalities

July 2005
Article

Profit Maximization versus Disadvantageous Inequality in Choice Behavior: The Impact of Self-Categorization

By: S. M. Garcia, A. Tor, M. Bazerman and D. T. Miller

Keywords: Profit; Decision Choices and Conditions; Behavior; Social Psychology

2000
Working Paper

Resources, Power and Prestige: Formulation of Structural Inequality in Social Exchange Networks

By: Bharat Anand and M.J. Piskorski

29 Dec 2021
News

Economists warn of inflation inequality as poor get slammed by rising prices

April 2023
Article

Perceptions Related to Engaging in Non-driving Activities in an Automated Vehicle While Commuting: A Text Mining Approach

By: Yilun Xing, Linda Ng Boyle, Raffaella Sadun, John D. Lee, Orit Shaer and Andrew Kun

Automated vehicles (AVs) offer human operators the opportunity to participate in non-driving activities while on the move. In this study, we examined and compared drivers' perception of non-driving activities in two driving modes: highly AVs in the future and current... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Surveys; Auto Industry

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10 Feb 2009
Conference Presentation

Who Really Is Your Friend? Pursuing Happiness in Your Perception of Social Networks

By: Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton

02 Jul 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Mums the Word! Cross-national Effects of Maternal Employment on Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn & Elizabeth Long Lingo

Article

Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches

By: Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma and Charles C.Y. Wang

Applying a "co-search" algorithm to Internet traffic at the SEC's EDGAR website, we develop a novel method for identifying economically-related peer firms and for measuring their relative importance. Our results show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent... View Details

Keywords: Peer Firm; EDGAR Search Traffic; Revealed Preference; Co-search; Industry Classification; Perception; Internet and the Web; Investment

2021
Working Paper

The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States

By: Marcella Alsan, Amitabh Chandra and Kosali I. Simon

We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the early months of the outbreak. We discuss challenges in measuring health outcomes and health inequality, some of which are specific to COVID-19 and others... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Inequality; Health Pandemics; Demographics; Equality and Inequality

Working Paper

AI in Disguise—How AI-generated Ads' Visual Cues Shape Consumer Perception and Performance

By: Yannick Exner, Jochen Hartmann, Oded Netzer and Shunyuan Zhang

Generative AI’s recent advancements in creating content have offered vast potential to transform the advertising industry. This research investigates the impact of generative AI-enabled visual ad creation on real-world advertising effectiveness. For this purpose, we... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; AI and Machine Learning; Advertising; Consumer Behavior; Advertising Industry

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01 Apr 1976
Conference Presentation

It's Wiser to Question than to Answer: The Impact of Assigned Roles in Perceptions of Knowledge

By: Teresa M. Amabile, L. Ross and J. Steinmetz

Keywords: Knowledge

Article

Perceptions and the Politics of Finance: Junk Bonds and the Regulatory Seizure of First Capital Life

By: S. C. Gilson, H. DeAngelo and L. DeAngelo

In May 1991, one month after seizing Executive Life, California regulators seized First Capital Life (FCLIC). Both insurers were Drexel clients with large junk bond holdings, and both had experienced 'bank runs.' FCLIC's run followed regulators' televised comments that... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Bonds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

10 Jul 2024
Video

Inequality in the Digital Age | An Interview with Daron Acemoglu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
Conference Presentation

Strong leaders empower less? The curvilinear effects of empowerment through choice on leadership perceptions

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. S. Iyengar

Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Perception