Posted in Research News on Nov 15th, 2009
By Marguerite Rigoglioso
Individuals’ implicit racial prejudices corresponded with a reluctance to vote for President Barack Obama and with opposition to his health care reform plan, according to a study coauthored by Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Brian Lowery. Subjects were more likely to support a health care reform proposal attributed to former President Bill [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, Stanford Business magazine on Aug 26th, 2009
Social movements have their greatest effect in their early stages, when a cause is first being debated and before it has attracted too many vocal critics says Professor Sarah Soule whose research probed 22,000 protests and demonstrations from the 1960s to the mid ’90s. These movements can change stock prices or public policy.
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Posted in News on Aug 3rd, 2009
It turns out some voters can flip-flop just as fast as any politician. All they need is a little push.
A group of Stanford psychologists say most people can be swayed toward either the right or left depending on whether they’re prompted to think about the payoff of their own hard work or the good fortune [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, News on Jul 30th, 2009
Q. Why are you and your fellow economists worried about the independence of the Federal Reserve?
A. A representative in Congress, Ron Paul, proposed that the Government Accountability Office, which is Congress’ investigative arm, be given authority to audit the Fed’s monetary actions. There is a long-standing belief, well understood by many, that you want to [...]
Posted in QOTD on Jul 2nd, 2009
“We must never forget that this financial crisis isn’t just about banks, credit, and lending — it’s about the day-to-day effects the crisis is having on the American people…. These real-world harms are the reason Congress has given the Office of Financial Stability the mandate it has, and I will ensure that combating these human [...]
Posted in Knowledgebase, News, Research News on Jul 1st, 2009
Economist Peter Henry spent 10 intense months in the maelstrom of national politics, leading then candidate Barack 0bama’s group on Economics, Globalization and Trade Policy during the 2008 campaign. He collected position papers and tracked down surrogates who could knowledgeably speak for the Obama Campaign on economic issues. He even found himself in front of the microphones.
Posted in Research News on Apr 9th, 2009
Barbados and Jamaica are living proof that government protectionist policies hurt the economy in the long run, say Stanford researchers. Once sporting nearly identical economies, today Barbados outstrips Jamaica’s GDP by more than $5,000 per capita.
Posted in Research News on Mar 27th, 2009
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, voters can look beyond political loyalties and carry the blame for the disaster into their next voting booth say researchers Neil Malhotra and Alexander Kuo.
Posted in Research News, Stanford Business magazine on Mar 19th, 2009
Enforcing existing rules requiring space programs to clean up their own space junk could stem the growing threat to millions of dollars worth of orbiting satellites say Stanford researchers. The rules are already on the books, they are merely being ignored says Prof. Lawrence Wein.
Posted in Feature, Research News, Stanford Business magazine on Feb 19th, 2009
Obama’s political strategists might have gotten an even bigger stimulus package if they had relied less on Democratic Party lawmakers to sell it. Or, taking another tack, they could have gotten more Republican support by not blaming that party for the financial crisis and by being more alarmist about the consequences, say researchers Neil Malhotra and Yotam Margalit.
