• Reply to Claessens et al.: Maybe the Footbridge sacrifice is indeed the only one that sends a negative social signal 

  Awad, E; Dsouza, S; Shariff, A; et al. (National Academy of Sciences, 16 June 2020)

• An approach for combining ethical principles with public opinion to guide public policy 

  Awad, E; Anderson, M; Anderson, SL; et al. (Elsevier, 16 June 2020)

  We propose a framework for incorporating public opinion into policy making in situations where values are in conflict. This framework advocates creating vignettes representing value choices, eliciting the public's opinion ...

• Why do investment banks buy put options from companies? 

  Gyoshev, SB; Kaplan, TR; Szewczyk, S; et al. (Elsevier, 29 August 2020)

  Companies have collected billions in premiums from privately sold put options written on their own stock. It is puzzling that counterparties, investment banks, would agree to make such transactions with better-informed ...

• Evolving cooperation in multichannel games 

  Donahue, K; Hauser, OP; Nowak, MA; et al. (Nature Research, 4 August 2020)

  Humans routinely engage in many distinct interactions in parallel. Team members collaborate on several concurrent projects, and even whole nations interact with each other across a variety of issues, including trade, climate ...

• Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Microgeographic Evidence from Chicago 

  Herrnstadt, E; Heyes, A; Muehlegger, E; et al. (American Economic Association, 2020)

  A growing literature documents that air pollution adversely impacts health, productivity, and cognition. This paper provides the first evidence of a causal link between air pollution and aggressive behavior, as documented ...

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