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Discovery at Carlson Spring 2020

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Alison Jing Xu and Akshay Rao: Why businesses spend more during presidential election years

U.S. companies ought to spend more money on advertising and business operations during years in which the country is picking a president, according to research from faculty members at the Carlson School.

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Alison Jing Xu and Akshay Rao: Why businesses spend more during presidential election years

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Tracy Yue Wang: The impact of a CEO’s cultural heritage

Daniel Forbes

Daniel Forbes: How media attention shapes investment

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Anant Mishra: How a pandemic affects vaccine supply and demand

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Soumya Sen: Why dynamic data management matters

Betty Zhou

Le (Betty) Zhou: How coworkers influence your behavior

Salman Arif- Discovery

Salman Arif: Why quarterly reporting benefits the economy

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