Research

Witnessing the arrest of a man buying a ticket outside a World Series game angered Stephen Happel enough to spur him to begin researching the common (though often illegal) phenomenon of secondary markets for event tickets.

Philadelphia and Phoenix have nothing in common — or do they? Robert E. Mittelstaedt, dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business, draws on his years as an engaged Philadelphian to analyze the growing pains of his new home in the desert.

In the debate over Social Security, Nobel Laureate Edward C.

As consumer outlook surveys chart plunging numbers, some experts are noticing that the trend coincides with President Bush's declining approval ratings. Could it be that the public's view of the economy is more closely linked to the political climate than researchers thought?

As more jobs move offshore, outsourcing appears to be one of the leading strategies used by companies to gain competitive advantage. But a new research study has determined that while outsourcing may be widespread, most companies have to failed to optimize its value through strategic planning.

The availability of health data has implications for individual patients, health-care systems and policymakers, yet despite advances in information management, patient health records to a large extent are still scattered and difficult to retrieve.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule next month whether Grokster, a Napster-like file-sharing network for downloading music and other digital entertainment, can be held liable for facilitating copyright infringement.

For the last 30 years, especially during elections, investors have speculated about the apparent link between stock market behavior and the U.S. presidential election cycle. To the observer, returns seem to be higher during the second half of a president's term than the first.

Donald Trump's weekly pronouncement "You're fired!" makes for blockbuster TV ratings, but as a model for performance evaluation it leaves much to be desired. That's the opinion of W. P. Carey School of Business management professor Robert L. Cardy.

The solution to the increasingly expensive U.S. health-care system is to abandon insurance plans and government programs — and throw the beast into the open marketplace, according to 2004 Nobel Laureate Edward C. Prescott, professor of economics at the W. P. Carey School of Business.