Q&A: Andrew Ching On Stockpiling By Consumers During Pandemic

Professor Andrew Ching, a marketing expert on the Carey Business School faculty, recognizes that consumer stockpiling of household goods during the coronavirus pandemic resembles “panic buying.” But, he says, there’s a rational element to it as well.

Q&A: How to help an economy in crisis

Kathleen Day, an expert in financial crises, discusses the $2 trillion stimulus package currently before Congress and how it can help the nation weather the economic storm caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Top doctors limit number of tests they order to signal diagnostic prowess to peers

A new study by Carey Business School researchers Tinglong Dai and Shubhranshu Singh notes that some expert medical diagnosticians may order fewer patient tests as a way to indicate a high level of competence to their peers. They do so despite an increase in diagnostic techniques that can assess patient condition more accurately than former methods, according to the paper in Marketing Science.