Ratings agencies could be using subjective factors to assign risk; or portfolio managers could be strategically using “window-dressing” to make CLOs appear less risky.

A new study by MIT Sloan School of Management Prof. Roberto Rigobon and IESE Business School Prof. Diego Aparicio, reveals that online prices set by algorithms are not necessarily the lowest.

Research shows that people tend to spend more when using credit cards compared to cash. However, it is unclear whether credit cards act to “release the brakes” on spending or instead “step on the gas.

The difference...is mostly due to portfolio allocations. Larger endowments invest in riskier and higher-yielding assets compared to more conservative investments by smaller endowments.

A new research paper by Florian Berg and co-author validates these concerns, as they discovered “widespread and repeated” changes to the historical ESG scores by a leading vendor of this data.

The LIHEAP formula for calculating energy aid was written in the 1980s. Researchers propose a solution that recognizes the cost of cooling a warming south.

Pushing back investments in renewable electricity generation by one year could outweigh the emission reductions and deaths avoided from March through June 2020.

A recent MIT Sloan study found that a federal carbon price of $7 in 2020 could reduce emissions by the same amount as all of the flagship climate policies adopted by the Obama administration.

The findings found a rise in the number of students who had access to Facebook reporting severe depression and anxiety (7% and 20% respectively).

Democrats and Republicans are equally likely to favor people who share their party affiliation when deciding who to follow.