When faced with a 'stepped' penalty system for speeding, drivers who go over the limit tend to stay just below the threshold at which the penalty rises, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2017
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Elections and referendums may be decided by the emotional well-being of voters, new research from the University of Warwick suggests. Led by researchers from Warwick's Department of Economics the study suggests that elections ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2016
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People are more willing to save money when offered the chance to win a prize, according to a study from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2015
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In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court forced California to deal with the massive overcrowding in its prison system. The resulting reform shifted administrative and budgetary responsibility for low-level criminals from the state ...
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2014
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It wasn't until 1967 – the peak of the Civil Rights Movement – that an African-American was elected mayor of a large U.S. city. The interracial mayoral races that followed were often heated, involving high voter turnout ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2013
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Bilingual education programs have a substantial spillover effect on the students they're not designed for, according to a groundbreaking study co-authored by a Michigan State University scholar.
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2013
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State supreme court justices who don't face voters are generally more effective than their elected counterparts, according to research led by Princeton University political scientists.
Economics & Business
Feb 22, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Against the backdrop of a nation obsessed with the debate on taxes, Cornell assistant professor of economics Maxim Troshkin and colleagues have completed a study that could help determine the ideal capital tax ...
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2013
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