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Platforms, not boycotts, shape post-scandal music streams

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New Cornell University research finds that platform visibility — not public outrage — largely determines whether audiences keep listening to controversial artists.

Journal: Journal of Marketing Research

Revolving doors weaken SEC oversight

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Matthew Kubic, assistant professor of accounting, and Sara Toynbee, associate professor of accounting, examined SEC reviews of corporate financial statements. They found regulators were less likely to flag errors when they were reviewing companies audited by their former accounting firms. “Oversight appears less rigorous when prior employment ties are present,” Kubic says.

Journal: The Accounting Review

New method to raise investment funds for projects that restore coastal wetlands for climate adaptation

University of California - Santa Cruz
Business Announcement

The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to develop a new tool for funding wetland conservation and restoration projects through verifiable “Coastal Resilience Assets.” The value of these assets are based on the storm and flood protection benefits that the wetlands provide.

Funder: AXA XL

Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women

University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gambling companies are reaching young men – the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour – on social media at more than double the rate of women, a study has found.

Journal: Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Medicaid expansion helped enrollees’ long-term financial health, study finds

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study shows that enrollees in Michigan's Medicaid expansion program had large drops in medical debt in collections and in rates of sub-prime credit scores

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Economic impact of delaying the infant hepatitis B vaccination schedule

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The results of this economic evaluation quantified the potential impact of changing Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations. Even brief delays in hepatitis B vaccine initiation were associated with a substantial increase in hepatitis B virus infections, adverse health outcomes, and health care costs.

Journal: JAMA Pediatrics

Scrapped inheritance tax linked to stronger growth in private firms with heirs, Swedish study shows

Stockholm School of Economics
Reports and Proceedings

After Sweden removed inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, private firms with potential family successors grew faster, invested more, and paid higher corporate taxes than firms without natural heirs, according to a new white paper from the Stockholm School of Economics. The study adds empirical evidence in a policy debate often dominated by ideology and comes as several European countries debate inheritance tax reforms.

Firehorse superstition shows women’s education doesn’t affect family formation in Japan

Waseda University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The decline in marriage and fertility rates has emerged as a prominent demographic trend in recent decades, with women’s education being identified as a critical factor. In an insightful study, researchers investigated the causal relationship between women’s education and family formation in Japan and found that education only modestly delays family formation. These findings suggest that other institutional factors deserve greater attention in understanding the demographic trends in East Asia.

Journal: Demography

New accelerator targets real world adoption of health innovations

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The American Heart Association is investing in early-stage health innovators and collegiate entrepreneurs working to build solutions designed for adoption, trust, and measurable impact - 2026 EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator™.

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