Business & Law

LDI senior fellow and Penn Carey law professor Allison Hoffman explains that as private entities have become embedded in public programs like Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, they now shape health care delivery while resisting oversight, driving up costs, and complicating efforts to improve care quality.

Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler.

Now in its third year, a Wharton Human-AI Research survey on the use of AI in business paints a clear picture about how far the technology has come in a short time, and where it’s headed.

The “Ripple Effect” podcast from the Wharton School highlights books from four faculty members on ”having it all” in the workplace, hybrid and remote work, “hidden markets,” and creativity and AI.

Beth Simmons, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law, Political Science and Business Ethics, has been named president-elect of the American Political Science Association for 2026-27.

Penn Carey Law professor Leo Katz explains how the selection effect and judicial strategy can make merit-based rulings look indistinguishable from politically motivated or random decisions.

Wharton real estate professor Benjamin Keys shares how real estate data is shedding new light on everything from smart investment decisions to mounting insurance costs in risky climates.

Wharton professor of business economics and public policy Kent Smetters discusses the drivers of America’s surging national debt and what's needed for long-term fiscal stability.

Graduate students in the Lauder Intercultural Ventures program traveled from Oman to Dubai to learn about urban growth, trade, tourism, and development in areas entrenched in cultural history and with deep religious roots.

A new book co-authored by Wharton real estate professor Joseph Gyourko, “America’s Housing Supply Problem: The Closing of the Suburban Frontier,” examines the variables that contribute to all-time-high home prices by analyzing 50 years’ worth of data to explain growing housing prices, especially in places that were once considered affordable.