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A Nebraska study flips that script, demonstrating that when it comes to fighting obesity, companies can prosper as people choose healthier foods. Those findings hold whether it’s organic tortellini or fast-food fries made without trans fat. » Full Article

Esma Gel, the Cynthia Milligan Chair of Business at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and professor of supply chain management and analytics, and a team of collaborators received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help public health experts respond to the spread of infectious diseases. » Full Article

Research published by Andre Maciel in the Journal of Consumer Research found that backers of crowdfunding projects participate in part because of a sense of indirect success and the feeling they contributed to something bigger. » Full Article

Daniel Tannenbaum, assistant professor of economics, received the award for the best paper published in American Economic Journal (AEJ): Applied Economics over the last three years from the AEJ Board of Editors. Published in 2020 in one of the leading journals across fields in empirical microeconomics, Tannenbaum's article, "The Evolution of Work in the United States," finds that occupational change in the U.S. in the 20th century has been more substantial than previously thought by building a new dataset and using a new research approach. » Full Article

A major change in a workplace might lead to significant employee turnover, but companies should be aware that it can play out over time rather than immediately and plan accordingly, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher says. » Full Article

John Anderson, Baird Family Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, served as lead researcher for a study on reforming Detroit’s property tax system. Recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, the team of public finance experts found that taxing land at a higher rate than buildings, known as split-rate property tax, would help revive the local economy and reduce tax bills for nearly every homeowner in the city. » Full Article