Distribution costs and distributed generation
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View ArticleThe power of groupthink: Study shows why ideas spread in social networks
Photo: JamesBrey for iStock/Getty Images There’s a reason that ideas—even erroneous ones—catch fire on social media or in popular culture: groupthink. New research co-authored by Berkeley Haas Asst....
View ArticleBuyer beware: Massive experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with...
A view of a StubHub office in New York City City (Photo by: John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2020 10/21/20) There’s a reason that online ticket sellers hit you with those extra fees after you’ve picked your...
View ArticleNeed a study group? There’s an app for that
Rajavi Mishra A team of business and engineering undergraduate students are rolling out a new feature for the Berkeley Mobile app this month that will make it easier for students to find virtual study...
View ArticleHaas Healthcare Conference to explore COVID-19 response, racial equity
Innovative COVID-19 testing methods, digital options for mental health treatment, and racial equity challenges in healthcare are among the topics to be explored during the 2021 Haas Healthcare...
View ArticleThese Haas couples found love in a pandemic
Finding love in ordinary times is hard enough. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we talked to two Berkeley Haas couples—Jerry Qinghui Yu and Camilla Guo, both MFE 21, and Gary Yin and Aileen Lu, both MBA...
View ArticleCatherine Wolfram: Electric vehicle owners drive less than we thought
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View ArticleWhat Maker Faire’s hackers and hula hoopers can teach us about building...
Heavy Meta, the 30-foot, fire-breathing dragon built atop a 2001 GMC Space Odyssey, is displayed at the Maker Faire in Dearborn, Mich., on July 28, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias/Ann Arbor News via AP) In an...
View ArticleAdam Ward, EWMBA 23: Politics, Persuasion, and Passion
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View ArticleLucas Davis: The Texas power crisis, new home construction, and electric heating
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View ArticleGrace Huang, BS 22: What scares and excites me looking toward graduation
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View ArticleCan plant-based seafood replace the real thing? This startup thinks so
Plant-based “tuna” is used to make Impact Food’s sushi. Photo: Impact Food. Recreating the deliciousness of sushi using plants is no easy task. But Impact Food’s founders think they’ve found a way to...
View ArticleBerkeley Haas MFE #1 in ranking
The Berkeley Haas Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program was ranked #1 again in the TFE Times 2021 Best Master’s of Financial Engineering ranking. The TFE Times’ U.S.-based ranking is based on:...
View ArticlePreparing women to lead in a post-pandemic world
From left to right, top to bottom: Chyi-Shin Shu, Maggie O’Neill, Nicole Austin-Thomas, Sadie Shelton, Rebeca West, Marina Mamer, all MBA 21; Gina Deitz, Julie Reynolds, and Sitara Chandra, all MBA/MPH...
View ArticleReport: Californians pay up to triple what it costs to provide electricity
Power lines stretch across the landscape toward Mission Peak in Fremont, CA. (Photo: Zeiss4Me for iStock/Getty Images) Californians not only pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country,...
View ArticleDisclosure rules led to drop in bond trading markups
AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File The average transaction fee paid by retail investors to buy or sell corporate bonds fell 5% after regulators forced brokers to disclose these fees, according to new research...
View ArticleTo fix the power market, first fix the natural gas market
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View ArticleEconomist Catherine Wolfram joins US treasury to lead energy & climate change...
Berkeley Haas Professor and Associate Dean Catherine Wolfram has been named to President Biden’s treasury department as deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics—a position that...
View ArticleBerkeley Haas women of influence
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View ArticleEnsuring equity in California’s energy transition
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