Research
How Imports Support U.S. Jobs Including Insurance
A new report credits imports with supporting 16 million U.S. jobs in a bid by business groups to improve the image of the ugly brother of trade. While politicians from President Barack Obama on down ...
Patent Claims Cause Firms to Drop Business Lines: Study
Patent demands are taking a big toll on technology companies, with results that range from forcing companies to tweak their products to exiting their business altogether, according to a study from ...
Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...
Text-Mining Analysis Links Drug-Impaired Driving To Higher Injury Rates
"On medication" may not be one of the check boxes on carrier claims forms, but by hunting for such a description in adjuster notes, auto insurers can improve their results, a consultant reports. ...
Excess Testing, Not Medical Malpractice Payouts, Driving Up Health Costs: Study
Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and ...
Actuaries Regain Best Job Title
Actuaries are back on the top of an annual ranking of best jobs, retaking the crown from software engineers, who held the title for two years running—and trouncing newspaper reporters who have the ...
Harvard Debt Luminaries Don’t Like Austerity As Much As You Think
Two academics whose research became an intellectual touchstone for pro-austerity politicians want everyone to know they have been misunderstood. They actually don't think harsh austerity is such a ...