Research

The greenest golf tournament. The recycling plant of the future. Autonomous trucks. A natural gas fleet of trucks. These are a few topics Jim Fish, president and CEO of the disposal industry giant, discussed at the Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon.

Hear the Director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute and Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman share the arithmetic on whether 3 percent gross domestic product and above is sustainable and why it matters.

Associate Professor of Agribusiness Troy Schmitz answers questions about retaliation over tariffs affecting agricultural producers as deals are renegotiated.

New research shows how retailers can better manage short promotions, and compete with the likes of Amazon, even when they are smaller and may not have access to cutting-edge predictive analytics.

Tailgate parties. Fantasy leagues. Promotions at neighborhood bars and restaurants. These are a few of the activities and specials we enjoy during professional sports seasons. Two professors comment on the other thing that gets us into the game spirit.

A first-of-its-kind study by health care economists reveals another troubling concern about breathing smoke and dust in the atmosphere: long-term exposure to certain pollutants increases our risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

The business world is on the cusp of using brain rewiring as a routine part of management development, according to new research by Professor of Management David Waldman.

New research shows that investing in mechanisms to align physician incentives with medical facility incentives saves money.

Recent research looked to the past — to 1970s oil shocks specifically — to predict how endogenous innovation might affect green energy prices and in turn, carbon emissions.

Economist Tim Richards, the Marvin and June Morrison Chair in Agribusiness in the Morrison School of Business, and his co-author won the prestigious Elsevier Atlas Award for their research paper on innovative markets for food waste.