Research
Can Investors Make a Profit by Saving Bats?
Restoring biodiversity around the globe will require financing from private investors. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Anya Nakhmurina, focusing on the restoration of bat populations, proposes a strategy that could allow investors to support conservation while also turning a profit.
How Much Is Crawling Your Content Worth to an AI Bot?
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Soheil Ghili proposes a scalable way for AI companies to pay publishers for crawling their content—and help sustain the information ecosystem that powers the technology.
To Reduce Emissions, the Carbon Offsets Market Needs One Crucial Fix
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Vahideh Manshadi and Faidra Monachou and Ilan Morgenstern of UC Berkeley lays out a framework to study the market for carbon offsets and their climate value.
Wisdom of the Few? Prediction Markets Are Driven by a Small Number of Skilled Traders
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Theis Jensen finds that a small group of informed traders drive prices—and take home a large portion of the profits.
Over the (Very) Long Run, Stock Bubbles Are Rare
Does the rapid run-up of AI stocks portend a crash for the larger stock market? Using a unique repository of historical stock prices with Yale roots, Professor William Goetzmann and his co-authors showed that while booms are frequently followed by volatility, markets rarely give back all of their gains.
Why Do Moderate Voters Support Extreme Candidates?
A new study from Yale SOM’s Minjae Kim addresses why politicians benefit from projecting views that are more extreme than those of their own voters—even though voters say they want representatives who reflect their own beliefs.
Sharing Your Data Comes at a Cost—and Not Just to You
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Jidong Zhou models the interaction between individual privacy choices and firms’ strategic responses and finds that data sharing can impose costs on other consumers—including those who opt out.
This Google Doc Helps Determine How Much to Invest in Stocks
Economists say standard investment strategies aren’t aggressive enough, but their complex allocation models aren’t practical for individual investors. A new paper co-authored by Yale SOM’s James Choi offers a simpler alternative.
Does Eliminating a Testing Requirement Make College Admissions More Inclusive?
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Faidra Monachou models the complex stew of factors in a college application and finds that dropping the test can increase diversity—but under certain circumstances, it can also have the opposite effect.
Banning Nondisclosure Agreements Brings Tradeoffs for Women at Startups
A study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Song Ma finds that laws weakening nondisclosure agreements reduced female hiring at venture-backed startups—but also helped more women move into management roles.
