Peking University, Apr 17, 2026: How should platforms like Netflix or Amazon decide what to recommend? A new study shows that by carefully designing how information is revealed to users, platforms can encourage earlier participation, improve social learning, and ultimately enhance overall welfare. The research, titled “Information Design for Social Learning on a Recommendation Platform,” was conducted by Assistant Professor Lyu Chen from Peking University HSBC Business School and published recently in the Journal of Economic Theory.

In 2016, Poland introduced a nationwide policy eliminating all out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs prescribed by healthcare professionals to individuals aged 75 and older. A new study published in Health Economics finds that the policy reduced average out-of-pocket medication spending by 23% and cut catastrophic drug expenses by 62%, indicating substantial financial protection during major health shocks.

Nearly all the world’s 10.6 million children experiencing serious health-related suffering (SHS) live in low- and middle-income countries with little to no access to palliative care specialized care for their illness, according to a comprehensive new report published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

When banks crowd a lending market, you can forget the traditional relationship of supply and demand, in which increased supply normally leads to lower prices. So finds new research from Cesare Fracassi, associate professor of finance at Texas McCombs.

A new study has found that nearly one in five adults with tinnitus say the condition has forced them to cut their working hours or leave employment altogether.

Led by researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), in collaboration with the University of Colorado and Linkoping University, the study surveyed 449 adults with tinnitus and found 7% reported it had forced them to leave their job, while a further 11% said it had caused them to reduce their working hours.

A new study by the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" (University of Konstanz) and the University of Lucerne shows: labour migrants who live where they work enjoy greater acceptance by locals than cross-border commuters – although their competition with the local workforce for jobs is comparable. The decisive reason for the difference is less related to economic factors than to perceptions of participation and fairness, which are also influenced by misinformation.

Artificial intelligence is changing not only how entrepreneurs run their businesses, but how they think about risk, opportunity and adaptation, according to new research.