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Finance

Growing Private Equity Influence on CPA Firms Reveals Shortcomings in Accounting Education

15 October 2026

Private equity investment is bringing sweeping changes to the accounting profession, raising questions about the future of CPA firms and whether universities are adequately preparing students for a rapidly evolving workplace. As investment firms acquire…

Social Media May Make Investors More Confident, but Not More Accurate

6 October 2026

Investment advice is only a scroll away. But new research from the University of Georgia suggests that relying on social…

Climate Risk Could Soon Join Energy Performance in Shaping Your Mortgage

5 October 2026

Few consumers realise that a property’s energy performance can affect their ability to obtain a mortgage. In the future, climate-related…

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Decision Making

Economists Examine Why People Underreact or Overreact to New Information

25 September 2026

When people receive new information, they often adjust what they believe. But those adjustments are not always proportional to the evidence. Sometimes people change their beliefs too little, while at other times they react too…

Women Compete Equally for Top Positions and Win More Often, New Research Shows

23 August 2026

Previous research on gender and competition has often relied on laboratory tasks in which participants decide whether to compete for…

Good News, Better Returns? How People Interpret Stock Market Opportunities

21 August 2026

A study involving the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne suggests that people often interpret…

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Health Care

Profit-Driven Hospitals Linked to Poorer Patient Care and Nursing Staff Shortfalls, Study Finds

16 October 2026

The growing influence of corporate ownership in healthcare is raising fresh concerns about whether financial priorities are coming at the expense of patient safety. New research suggests that patients admitted to for-profit hospitals face greater…