Research

Assistant Professors Gregory Lane and Erin Kelley found that the assignment of a female-sounding name for an online sales agent led to 50 percent fewer purchases.

If the Jones Act were repealed, the efficiency of the U.S. oil market would improve by $403 million a year. Consumers on average would gain $769 million in savings—more than double what producers would lose from lower oil and refined product prices.

A new study evaluates which consumers who opt into dynamic electricity pricing are most likely to conserve, and the role an upfront financial take-up incentive plays in cutting electricity use.

The extent to which Medicare should monitor for wasteful spending depends on the balance between the savings generated and the effects and costs imposed on patients and providers.

A new study finds that blocking fossil fuel pipelines can lead fossil fuels to shift to other, potentially more polluting transportation modes, rather than staying in the ground.

Using health and labor market data from Sweden, the authors study the labor market outcomes of childless Swedish women who become pregnant while using long-acting reversible contraceptives.