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When it comes to keeping charlatans out of high-skilled professions like medicine or financial services, regulatory barriers such as licensing or certification could result in higher prices for consumers, according to a study co-authored by Wharton’s Jules H. van Binsbergen.
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A new study co-authored by Wharton’s Santiago Gallino has a clear message for online retailers: Clean up that slow-loading website or risk losing sales.
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Doing away with state and local levies would bring more relief for prices at the pump, a Penn Wharton Budget Model study found. Economist Zheli He prepared the study with Xiaoyue Sun, senior analyst, under the direction of Richard Prisinzano, director of policy analysis.
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Wharton’s Benjamin Keys explains why higher mortgage interest rates are discouraging home buyers, but not for long.
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According to Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor Kevin Werbach, the Biden administration’s executive order to develop a national policy on cryptocurrency and digital assets is an important first step in setting some guardrails around a global market now worth more than $3 trillion.
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The Wharton Global Youth Program is preparing to launch its first Essentials of Innovation program for high school students. Wry, a management professor at Wharton, offers a sneak peek into the nuances of innovative thinking and how he designed the program.
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While his country is in crisis, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is emerging as a masterful communicator and charismatic leader whose management style is reminiscent of some of the greatest statesmen in history, says Wharton’s Michael Useem.
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Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell and other experts agree that while employment numbers aren’t back to pre-pandemic levels, they bode well for the economy, with a current labor market that is favorable for people with a broad range of skills, not just those with advanced degrees or technical backgrounds.
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Wharton real estate professor Joseph Gyourko says it’s too early to predict exactly how the demand for office space will decline because commercial leases generally last five to seven years. But it’s clear that when those leases finally expire, the market will not be the same.
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A recent research paper co-authored by Wharton accounting professor Christina Zhu, titled “Financial Reporting and Consumer Behavior,” notes that the footfall increase is more pronounced for firms with “extreme negative or positive earnings surprises that are more likely to garner coverage from the financial press.”
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