A study by the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics shows why people often draw different conclusions from company news than financial economics would suggest and how much this has to do with the way they think markets work.

For over 20 years, it has been a matter of dispute whether oxytocin bolsters trust. A new study conducted with the involvement of the University of Zurich now provides robust evidence that the hormone selectively increases trusting behavior in men with a low disposition to trust.

Federal investment in Native American communities and citizens continues to fall far short of needs, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and the American Indian College Fund. A chronic issue for decades, this underinvestment has become more glaring in the wake of recent Trump administration cuts that have reduced outlays to Native Americans by more than a billion dollars. 

A study initiated by the European Spondyloarthritis Research Collaboration Network (EuroSpA) examined whether where patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) live is associated with the severity of their disease, when they begin advanced treatment, and how long they continue that treatment. Findings in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD), The EULAR Journal, published by Elsevier, found evidence that patients from wealthier European countries tend to start treatment with biologics earlier but also stop or switch treatment earlier. They also experience lower disease activity at treatment start than patients in middle- and low-income countries.

Industrial-scale illegal fishing continues to undermine ocean sustainability, coastal livelihoods, and global seafood markets—despite decades of regulation and recent advances in surveillance technology, according to new University of British Columbia research. A comprehensive analysis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported that industrial-scale illegal and unreported fishing accounts for approximately eight to 15 per cent of global marine wild capture, underpinning an illicit seafood trade worth US$6.2 to 12.2 billion annually.