What do you think about when you hear “operations management”? The way you answer this question likely depends on your exposure to and experience with this academic discipline, which is my area of ...

The next crisis will challenge European sovereign debts. That crisis may be bigger than even the ECB can handle without chaotic defaults, financial meltdown, or sharp inflation.

Having an interpretable dynamic length-of-stay (LOS) model can help hospital administrators and clinicians make better decisions and improve the quality of care. The widespread implementation of ...

Craig Garthwaite, John Graves, Tal Gross, Zeynal Karaca, Victoria Marone, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo study the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on hospital services, with a focus ...

We evaluate whether and how branded TV product placement affects sales for cigarette brands. We use data on product placement from TV shows and data on retail sales of cigarettes to estimate a demand ...

To help address the rising costs of health care, we conduct a field experiment that aims to reduce the cost of supplies used in surgical procedures. Specifically, we develop an algorithm to identify ...

Say you’re trying to decide between two cars, one that’s more environmentally friendly and the other with a better safety score. Which one do you pick? People tend to choose on the basis of numbers ...

Job listings in the United States in 2021 grew plentiful while unemployment was low. To many policymakers and academics, the labor market looked hot. Recognizing the importance of inflation in such ...