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Peter DeMarzo
In finance, a lot of things that sound right are actually wrong. The challenge is learning to tell the difference.

Peter DeMarzo

The John G. McDonald Professor of Finance
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
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Recent Publications by Our Faculty

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Tightening up Under Threat: Social Class Shapes the Strength of Norms

Ying Lin, Jesse R. Harrington, Michele J. Gelfand
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology July2026

Handgun Acquisition in California During the Pandemic: Patterns by Demographic and Prior Ownership

Adam Rosenberg, Matthew Miller, Yifan Zhang, Sarah Hirsch, Sonja A. Swanson, David M. Studdert
Applied Economics Letters June302026

Firm Investment and the User Cost of Capital: New US Corporate Tax Reform Evidence

Jonathan S. Hartley, Kevin A. Hassett, Joshua D. Rauh
Tax Policy and the Economy June22026 Vol. 40 Issue 1
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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
July 13, 2026
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Search Funds Keep Offering a Proven Path to Ownership

The 2026 Search Fund Study tracks decades of data about entrepreneurs identifying and buying businesses.
Entrepreneurship
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July 13, 2026
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What AI Tells People Seeking Low-Cost Financial Advice

LLMs can be powerful tools for setting long-term investing goals — if prompted properly.
Technology & AI
June 25, 2026
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The Secret to Human ‘Brilliance’ That AI Just Can’t Match

A simple rule that captures the processes by which humans learn social conventions demonstrates the limitations of AI.
Technology & AI
June 25, 2026
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The Mysterious Process of Human Learning That Machines Can’t Copy

Games reveal a simple yet powerful principle about how people coordinate without much information.
Technology & AI
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