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In Global Trade, Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be a Bad Thing
January 17, 2013 Researchers examined the relationship between products in global trade and a country’s product specialization pattern and found that a multitude of similar of products can be beneficial to ... > full story -
Integrated Neglected Tropical Disease Control and Elimination Programs: A Global Health 'Best Buy'
January 17, 2013 A recently released report highlights links between neglected tropical diseases and socio-economic ... > full story -
Surrogate Births: How Low Levels of Monitoring and Regulation Could Lead to Exploitation
January 17, 2013 Researchers have sounded warnings about the international dimension to ... > full story -
Eliminating or Curtailing Mortgage Interest Deduction Would Have Modest Long-Run Effects on Economy
January 16, 2013 Eliminating or curtailing the mortgage interest deduction would initially result in declines in housing prices and investment but would have only modest aggregate macroeconomic effects in the long ... > full story -
Parents' Financial Help Linked to Lower College GPAs, Higher Graduation Rates
January 15, 2013 A new study found that college students' GPAs decreased with increased financial support from their parents. The study also found that students with financial aid from their parents were more likely ... > full story -
Are Consumers With Fewer Friends More Likely to Take Financial Risks?
January 15, 2013 Feeling socially isolated causes consumers to pursue riskier but potentially more profitable financial opportunities, according to a new ... > full story -
The Housing Market: Consumers Struggle to Get the Price Right
January 15, 2013 Consumers systematically mispredict both the selling and purchase prices of other consumers due to a lack of cognitive and emotional connection, according to a new ... > full story -
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Asteroid Deflection Mission Seeks Smashing Ideas
January 15, 2013 A space rock several hundred metres across is heading towards our planet and the last-ditch attempt to avert a disaster -- an untested mission to deflect it -- fails. This fictional scene of films ... > full story -
Price Cap Regulations for UK Tobacco Would Raise £500 Million Every Year
January 14, 2013 If tobacco products sold in the UK were subject to price cap regulation, the system would generate around £500 million (US$750 million) for the government every year, without affecting the ... > full story -
Physical Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit Is Better for Patients and the Hospital's Bottom Line
January 11, 2013 In a study evaluating the financial impact of providing early physical therapy for intensive care patients, researchers found that the up-front costs are outweighed by the financial savings generated ... > full story
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