Gender and sex assigned at birth are not as decisive in economic decision-making as previously thought, a new study finds. A new study published in Scientific Reports is the first analysis of ...

This is a repeat of an episode published on The Economics Show, a sister podcast of Behind the Money, on November 7, 2025. Subscribe to The Economics Show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Behavioural economics is a revolutionary field. Its champions may not have beheaded any royalty, but they have done the academic equivalent by overthrowing a paradigm that ruled our thinking and ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Sep 2011) (24 pages) ABSTRACT. Policy design is largely informed by the traditional economic viewpoint that humans behave rationally in the pursuit of their own ...

A new study is the first analysis of transgender and cisgender economic behavior, and the first to consider whether sex assigned at birth plays a significant part in economic decisions. Gender and sex ...

I’m Chris Giles, the FT’s economics commentator. Welcome to the Economic Show from the Financial Times. You may well have guessed that in this episode I’m speaking to Richard Thaler, the economist ...

With the amount of messaging that inundates individuals on a daily basis, it can be frustrating for retailers to make their mark. Here is the problem: retailers spend a majority of their time and ...

An insight into the economic aspects of consumer behavior allows small businesses to leverage limited marketing resources by improving predictions of how consumers will react to marketing strategies.