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COVID-19, systems thinking and preparing for the next pandemic

Supply Chain Management Review

Professor of Logistics Michael Knemeyer writes that supply chain disruptions are inevitable. To handle the next pandemic effectively, though, decision makers need to grasp what worked, what didn’t and why.
May 5, 2021
Why you should worry about the flood of new cash into U.S. stock funds

MarketWatch

With investments, popular is not better. And the increase of new cash into stocks doesn't always portend good news. In fact, research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and Byungwook Kim, focused on the specialized ETFs that are created to capitalize on investor fads and market trends, and which typically receive a big influx of cash soon after launch. They found that these ETFs over their first five years after launch lag the market on a risk-adjusted basis by 5% per year on average.
May 4, 2021
Study: Insurers are overestimating costs, lowering rebates owed to policyholders

Yahoo!

A recent study by Andrew Van Buskirk, associate professor of accounting, finds health insurance companies are overestimating costs associated with patient care to avoid triggering rebate provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
April 30, 2021
Stock market valuations have been high for over 20 years — and may never fall again

MarketWatch

Research from Rene Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair in Banking and Monetary Finance, supports the belief that the shift to a “winner-take-all” economy, in which the largest corporations earn an increasing share of all corporate profits, has resulted in industries being dominated by their very largest companies.
April 23, 2021
COVID-19 disproportionately affected minority businesses, entrepreneurs

WRAL

Among the trends in entrepreneurship discussed in a new report from the Kenan Institute was the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses: minority- and women-owned firms did not have access to funds available through the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). Research by Isil Erel, the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance and the academic director of the Risk Institute, also showed how the use of fintech and online banking can improve access, "especially to underserved areas with lower incomes and a larger share of the minority population."
April 22, 2021
How more alcohol availability hurts finances for some people

The Ohio State University

A new study by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, provides the best evidence to date that an increase in the availability of alcohol is linked to more financial troubles among the disadvantaged. 
April 20, 2021
Coinbase IPO: Digital currency won’t replace dollar any time soon

NBC4

A major trader of digital currency went live on the NASDAQ Wednesday, soaring and plunging in the first few hours of trading. Although it’s an exciting day for digital currency, it doesn’t mark the end of dollars and cents, says Matt Sheridan, a senior lecturer in finance. It does, however, legitimize other crypto assets such as Bitcoin.
April 14, 2021
Science has found what makes the perfect weekend — and it’s not what you’d expect

Reader's Digest

Once you pencil in that dinner date on your calendar it may spoil your meal before Saturday night even gets here. Research by Assistant Marketing Professor Selin Malkoc suggests that you put down the cell phone, and stop penciling people in for that dinner date on Saturday.
April 12, 2021
Guarding against Zoom fatigue

Fisher College of Business

Why do videoconferences leave us feeling so tired? The answer, according to a team of researchers including Kate Keeler, assistant professor of management and human resources, may center on how connected we feel with others in our virtual meetings.
April 6, 2021
The pandemic blurred our sense of time, and getting back to normal won't be easy, say experts

CBC

The COVID-19 pandemic has blurred many people's sense of time thanks to more than a year of acute and long-term stress and the home becoming a place of both work and leisure.
April 2, 2021
Author Interview: Evan Weingarten and Joe Goodman by The Consumer Researcher

The Consumer Researcher

It's been said experiences, not material purchases, provide consumers with greater happiness. Joe Goodman, chair of the Department of Marketing and Logistics, talks with The Consumer Researcher, a podcast produced by the Journal of Consumer Research, about his newest paper. The project explores the relevance of this "experiential advantage."
March 25, 2021
Some health insurers fudged medical spending numbers: researchers

ThinkAdvisor

About 14% of U.S. health insurers impacted their Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio rebate bills before 2016 by overestimating how much they spent on health care, according to a new accounting research by Associate Professor of Accounting Andy Van Buskirk and his colleagues.
March 18, 2021
The high toll of distracted driving and staying safe on the road

MoneyGeek

While many of us believe we are safe drivers, about eight people die in crashes involving a distracted driver every day in the United States. Phil Renaud, executive director of the the Risk Institute, provides insights into why distracted driving is such a dangerous problem and what can be done to prevent it.
March 17, 2021
Obamacare insurers inflate claims to reduce refunds, study says

Bloomberg Law

Research by Associate Professor of Accounting Professor Andy Van Buskirk and his colleagues details how some Obamacare insurers have used estimating practices to short-change their consumers by hundreds of millions of dollars. 
March 16, 2021
Health insurers are over-reporting the cost of benefits — why it matters

Fisher College of Business

The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to report the benefits they pay out to policyholders. Accounting research by Associate Professor Andrew Van Buskirk and his colleagues reveals just how off these reported estimates can be — and why.
March 16, 2021
The middle market is stressed, but resilient

Harvard Business Review

Middle-market companies aren’t unique in facing the many challenges brought on by the pandemic, but many of them have the resiliency to emerge from it successfully. Anil Makhija, dean and John W. Berry, Sr.
March 8, 2021
Strict environmental laws ‘push’ firms to pollute elsewhere

The Ohio State University

Research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate at Fisher, shows that tough environmental laws in one country can lead to "carbon leakage" to other nations. The findings underscore the importance of "worldwide collective action to combat climate change."
March 8, 2021
Exporting pollution

VoxEU

Anti-pollution laws penalize firms whose activities emit CO2. Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, talk about his research that shows well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to push polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict.
March 5, 2021
Corporations facing strict environmental laws move pollution overseas

The Academic Times

Research by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues shows how countries' strict environmental regulations factor into companies' decisions to locate facilities.
March 3, 2021
Further Reading: The drawbacks of thematic ETFs

Investors' Chronicle

Thematic ETFs are one of the big investment stories of the last year, with major success in areas such as clean energy. Yet niche investments come with risks, including the prospect of buying in at the top and structural complications, according to new research from Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues.
February 23, 2021
Research: We’re losing touch with our networks

Harvard Business Review

With personal and professional networks shrinking by as much as 16% during the pandemic, research is pointing to ways to help prevent us from withdrawing too much. A study by Tanya Menon, professor of management and human resources, says having a strong identity and core values can overcome the tendency to "turtle in."
February 12, 2021
'People are dying because of it': DeWine looks to strengthen Ohio's distracted driving laws

WBNS-10TV

Phil Renaud, executive director of the Risk Institute, said the governor's new distracted driving measures are part of a larger strategy for eliminating the problem. Through research and building partnerships, The Risk Institute is addressing distracted driving through legislation, behavior, technology, and urban planning/infrastructure design.
February 11, 2021
New ETFs, forced to chase trends, shorten their own lives

The Wall Street Journal

A study by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and Fisher PhD candidate Byung Wook Kim finds that many new ETFs invest in overvalued stocks, and then lag behind the broad market’s returns.
February 5, 2021
Working women dropping in droves due to pandemic

WBNS-10TV

A new study with ties to Ohio State details just how many working women are sacrificing their own careers to help with childcare during the pandemic. Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources Tracy Dumas discusses the disproportionality as well as ways employers can help accommodate employees who are responsible for childcare.
February 3, 2021
Ohio State finance professor explains what’s happening with Robinhood and GameStop

NBC4

Finance lecturer Matt Sheridan on the Robinhood and GameStop situation: "This is so crazy that if this was the plot of an episode of Showtime’s "Billions," people would think it’s too unrealistic." He explains the factors at play in the unique investing situation.
January 28, 2021