The economics of snails—specifically, what one might call “the economics of the shell game”—gets some data and hard thought in a new study. “A Comparison of Wealth Inequality in Humans and Non-Humans,” Ivan D. Chase, Raphael Douady, and Dianna K. Padilla, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, 122962. The authors, at Stony Brook […]
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“National Income Inequality Predicts Cultural Variation in Mouth to Mouth Kissing”
A new study marries, so to speak, economics and kissing. The study is: “National Income Inequality Predicts Cultural Variation in Mouth to Mouth Kissing,” Christopher D. Watkins, Juan David Leongómez, Jeanne Bovet, Agnieszka Żelaźniewicz, Max Korbmacher, Marco Antônio Corrêa Varella, Ana Maria Fernandez, Danielle Wagstaff, and Samuela Bolgan, Scientific Reports, vol. 9, article no. 6698 […]
Harvard Business School studies/celebrates Ig Nobel Prize winner Lehman Brothers
Harvard Business School has a special exhibition exploring the history of Ig Nobel Prize winner Lehman Brothers. Max Reyes reports, in the Boston Globe: Harvard exhibit details the rise and demise of Lehman Brothers Before it was a titan in the investment banking field, before it engaged in a form of financial sleight of hand […]
Voodoo dolls, the Ig Nobel Prize and why headlines matter in academia
Here’s a voodoo-doll-rich, behind-the-scenes account what happened before and after a researcher (and her team) won an Ig Nobel Prize. Elsevier Connects reports: Voodoo dolls, the Ig Nobel Prize and why headlines matter in academia How psychologist Dr. Lindie Liang captured the world’s attention with her research By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten Many researchers have a […]