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New UC San Diego research finds that the animosity costs hosts a 78% loss in rental income Airbnb hosts in college towns increase their listing prices much more than hotels when there are home football games against rival teams. Hosts…

Making spaces on the high street for clothing repairs could transform "make do and mend" into the "hipster's' equivalent of a spa day", experts say Making space in high street shops for people to repair clothes could mend the damage caused…

Credit: Adam Islaam - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity that could potentially play a significant part in fulfilling the world's energy requirements,…

CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on a country -- revealing that in Zimbabwe smallholder maize-growing households blighted by the pest are 12% more likely to…

A new policy agenda calls for progressive measures to restrict widening inequalityCredit: Concordia University What would a truly progressive city look like? A city that pays more than lip service to issues that directly affect…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - In Lily Tomlin's classic SNL comedy sketch, her telephone operator "Ernestine" famously delivers the punchline, "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the Phone Company." But new research finds that satisfied…

City, University of London's Dr Andrea Baronchelli and colleagues challenge the 'code is law' principle which grants transparency to currencies created by cryptographic algorithms A new study by Reader in City's Department of…

Company reporting frequency should be relaxed to allow for greater innovation and longer-term thinking, according to new research from the Business School (formerly Cass). The study, co-authored by Dr Arthur Kraft, Reader in Accounting,…

According to a new study from Copenhagen Business School, on the role of privacy and decentralization in the cryptocurrency community, developers are creating cryptocurrencies in such a way that regulatory oversight will not be possible,…

Credit: UT Dallas Online consumer reviews play an important role in almost every consumer industry -- from dining and shopping to travel and technology. But what do online reviews of physicians tell consumers? In a new study,…

Credit: Dr Tolu Olarewaju Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) businesses have had to incur considerable costs to protect their businesses through lockdown, according to academics at Staffordshire University. During lockdown, many…

Credit: WMG, University of Warwick The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged all facets of human endeavours, and seven months later the economic effects are particularly being felt How the world can leverage the positive and negative…

Research from the University of Kent's School of Economics sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers to adopt modern technologies…

Education tied to intergenerational mobility Quebec and Montreal, September 25, 2020 - The relationship between the income levels of parents and their children once they reach adulthood is complex, but education could be one of the factors…

In a book co-authored by Massimo Riccaboni, professor of economics at IMT School, a new perspective on innovation and growth A tiny virus, emerged apparently from nowhere, raged the world shaking the world societies at all the levels and…

Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report--featuring The Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Education for People with Disabilities (CEED) Project, an education and training program for people with disabilities and service…

Study by The Business School (formerly Cass) uncovers how effective entrepreneurship can ignite economic growth of an entire community New research from The Business School (formerly Cass) has shed light on how Mirandola, a small town in…

UNLV political science expert Tiffiany Howard examines the lag in U.S. Black business ownership and opportunities for closing the racial wealth gap.Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV Creative Services A steady stream of media reports…

Online restaurant reviews can polarize winners and losers COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Just a few negative online restaurant reviews can determine early on how many reviews a restaurant receives long-term, a new study has found. The study,…

In light of COVID-19, an MIT study looks at tradeoffs between economic value and public health, across different types of retail Banks and bookstores. Gyms and juice bars. Dental offices and department stores. The Covid-19 crisis has…