We document that at the aggregate level, lagged S&P 500 Sharpe Ratio is as strong as change in the Fed Funds Rate, in explaining deposit growth. We argue that households use past performance of the stock market to make asset allocation decisions, so good stock market performance causes...

This paper studies why non-financial firms invest in risky financial assets. Within a dynamic corporate finance model with macroeconomic fluctuations, we show that firms can use risky financial assets to transfer liquidity from states with low aggregate investment opportunities to states with...

Inventory management for a new product is challenging due to the lack of historical data, and sales data cannot fully capture the actual demand as excess demand is usually unobservable. Meanwhile, demand-related features are available in the era of big data. We study how to determine the...

Faced with the increasingly worsening obesity crisis, many governmental and non-governmental organizations have been promoting home cooking as a key part of the strategy to tackle poor quality diets and obesity. Home cooked food sharing platforms, as a quintessential illustration of the sharing...

India, the seventh largest country in the world situated in Southern part of Asia, constitutes 29 states and 7 Union Territories. India is known for its vivid culture and traditions, languages, rich flora and fauna, historical events and monuments, different cuisines and food styles .Having one...

The shaky ascent of women up the organizational ladder is a critical factor that may contribute to the lack of women in IT. In this study, we examine the effect of gender on the likelihood of employee promotions. We further examine whether women get an equal lift in promotion likelihood from...

Widespread abuse of internet users’ privacy online has prompted user advocacy groups to implore governments to intervene and protect consumer rights. To study such interventions’ effects, we examine data-protection policies that policy makers and governments can enforce on websites,...

Weblogs or blogs have recently received a lot of attention, especially in the business community, with a number of firms encouraging their employees to publish blogs to reach out and connect to a wider audience. It is beginning to be recognized that employee blogs can cast a firm in either a...