Research

An approach developed by Claudio Del Sole, Antonio Lijoi and Igor Prünster makes it possible to study how long a phenomenon lasts and what causes it to end. Central to their method is the new concept of “prediction curve”, a tool that shows which event is most likely, depending on when it occurs. This idea can make complex survival-analysis problems easier to interpret and may prove useful in fields ranging from medicine to system reliability

A new study finds that the tax advantage of corporate debt can act as an indirect subsidy to carbon dioxide emissions, and that redesigning corporate taxation could cut emissions without sacrificing GDP

From major international grants to awards for scientific publications, an evening dedicated to the results of Bocconi’s research. Guido Tabellini received the Research Excellence Career Award. The debate also focused on the new frontiers opened up by artificial intelligence in the social sciences

A new study finds that fMRI data can improve sales forecasts, especially for innovative products. But when it comes to predicting what store managers will put on the shelf, traditional surveys still have the edge

The British Academy honors the Bocconi economic historian for research that has transformed the study of inequality and social mobility

A new study of associative memory networks finds that supposedly harmful overlaps between memories can actually increase storage capacity by silencing the neurons that should stay quiet