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Rebecca Lester
I love accounting and I also love politics. Tax is the intersection of the two.

Rebecca Lester

Associate Professor of Accounting
Mohsen Bayati
The idea that you could make an impact with mathematics became fascinating to me.

Mohsen Bayati

The Carl and Marilynn Thoma Professor of Operations, Information & Technology
Jeffrey Pfeffer
If power is to be used for good, more good people need power.

Jeffrey Pfeffer

The Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior
Susan Athey
I like building things that demonstrate how a class of problems can be solved.

Susan Athey

The Economics of Technology Professor
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Recent Publications by Our Faculty

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Why Do People Choose Extreme Candidates? The Role of Identity Relevance

Mohamed Hussein, Zakary Tormala, S. Christian Wheeler
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology January2026 Vol. 122, Article 104821

Fifteen Reasons You Should Read This Paper: How Providing Many Arguments Increases Perceptions of Both Expertise and Persuasive Intent

Abigail Bergman, Mohamed Hussein, Rhia Catapano, Zakary Tormala
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2026 Issue in press

Talking About What We Support Versus Oppose Affects Others’ Openness To Our Views

Rhia Catapano, Zakary Tormala
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2026
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Featured Books by Our Faculty

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Sports Business Management: Decision Making Around the Globe

George Foster, Norm O’Reilly, Antonio Dávila
New York and London
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The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder

Robert I. Sutton, Hayagreeva Rao
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The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - New and Expanded Edition

Anat R. Admati, Martin Hellwig
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Arguing about Tastes: Modeling How Context and Experience Change Economic Preferences

David M. Kreps
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Insights by Stanford Business

Idea Stories Opensearch
December 12, 2025
Written

What If We’re Looking at the National Debt All Wrong?

Jonathan Berk says that focusing on the debt-to-GDP ratio is a distraction.
Finance & Investing
December 12, 2025
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Decoding the Proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger

Ali Yurukoglu examines the deal’s implications, from the regulatory process ahead to the potential impacts on how we watch movies.
Economics
December 08, 2025
Written

Partisan Polarization Has Crept Into the Doctor’s Office

A review of Medicare data finds that Republican and Democratic doctors practice differently.
Government & Politics
December 03, 2025
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Stanford GSB Faculty Recommend Their Favorite Podcasts

From tech to taxes, a bundle of podcasts to amp up your playlist
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