When individuals lack the skill or time to build an investment portfolio, they frequently invest in mutual funds. Ideally, mutual funds maximize client wealth by investing their clients’ assets in funds that best match the client’s investment strategy (low-risk, short-term, etc.). However, research by SDSU finance professor, Dr. Yaoyi Xi, and Dr. M. Babajide Wintoki...
Involuntary staying, a type of housing trap, is a common experience among people living on housing estates, since around one in three residents feel that they are trapped in their current residential arrangements. More than half of them would like to move away from their current neighbourhoods. According to the residents own estimation, the most...
The narratives we tell about the past often feature a cast of familiar main characters: kings and rulers, warriors and diplomats — men who made laws and fought wars, who held power over others in their own lands and beyond. When women enter our stories, we rarely afford them much agency. But across the globe...
When heterosexuals have casual sex, previous research indicates it is typically the woman who sets the boundaries. If she’s not interested, usually nothing will happen. “When men and women in the study met, about half of the men said they were interested in having sex with the woman, whereas most women were uninterested initially,” says...
At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada, fought to his death in the Battle of Lucena in 1483. It was there that his magnificent Nasrid sword was taken away from him, and researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and a company from Toledo have now...
Women are on average 30% less likely to be called for a job interview than men with the same characteristics. In addition, gender bias is higher if the candidates have lower qualifications than if, in addition to what is required, they have knowledge of an additional language and more work experience. These are the conclusions...
Key Takeaways: If a brand handles negative publicity surrounding its celebrity endorser it can actually gain value. Some definitive action is always better than no response. Firing the celebrity endorser isn’t the only corrective action available to brands. Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Free University of Berlin published new research in the INFORMS...
Ashley Merianos, an assistant professor with University of Cincinnati’s School of Human Services, performed a secondary analysis of the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey and found that of 1,579 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who had admitted to using electronic cigarettes within the last 30 days of the survey, 13.6 percent were...
Don’t feel so bad for binge-watching a political drama – it might lead to more civic participation, as long as the show features a female lead character. A survey of fans of the TV shows “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Wife” and “Scandal” found that viewers who felt most connected to the storyline and characters also...
Eighty-five percent of artists whose work is found in collections of major U.S. museums are white, and 87 percent are male, according to new research by Chad Topaz of Williams College, MA, and colleagues. The study, published in PLOS ONE, also suggests that artist diversity is not strongly linked to a museum’s collection mission. Recent years...
