Research

The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus said, “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” But, research from Carola Grebitus shows that the people you’re eating with can have a powerful impact on what you’re eating — even more than menus that d

In 2004, Nobel Laureate and W. P. Carey Professor of Economics Ed Prescott started the debate about why Europeans, as a whole, work so much less than Americans. His answer: Europe’s higher taxes dull the incentive to work. Alex Bick, also an economics professor at the W. P.

Ask the 3,000 impoverished Ethiopian women who received special credit lines so they could start their own businesses: World Bank loans change lives. Just what is the World Bank?

Small farm businesses find it particularly difficult to remain competitive in the business of raising produce and livestock. Given the income challenges small farms face, it’s not surprising that two thirds of those surveyed engaged in some form of income diversification.

In a Harvard Business Review article, Professor of Management Luis Gomez-Mejia and his research team reported on the impact of anxiety on decision-making.

For the first monthly Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon of the 2016-2017 season, the keynote speaker was Jason Clemens, executive vice president of the Fraser Institute. He shared about Canada's pre-reform days and its 1990s era of restructuring, as well as the country's reform results.

AP reporter Tom Murphy interviewed Professor of Practice Donald Goldman in the wake of Pfizer’s decision to scrap a tax-saving $160-billion overseas merger.

Retail sales were up two tenths of a percent in January driven by spending on cars, clothing and online merchandise. It’s not a spectacular increase, and that’s probably because consumers aren’t sure low gas prices will endure. Economist Dennis Hoffman comments.

Many leaders will tell you a large part of their job is helping employees overcome resistance to change. We often think of leaders as the instigators of change and employees as the obstacles. Yet few leaders realize how they subtly resist and block needed changes.

Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, relives the housing crash while watching the Oscar-nominated film “The Big Short” with The Arizona Republic’s Catherine Reagor.