Topic: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
OH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. AND HERE'S WHY
Wharton School economist Joel Waldfogel has built something of a reputation as a Christmas killjoy. Starting with a 1993 article in the American Economic Review ("The Deadweight Loss of Christmas"), he has been rattling the chains of Yuletide gloom.
Waldfogel says holiday spending is "a massive institution for value destruction." That ...
A recent Wharton School/VA study finds that ?cold hard cash? is one of the best losing weight tips out there. And it?s the immediacy of the payout that seems to make the difference, not the amount of money involved.
Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PHD, director for health incentives at the University of Pennsylvania?s Wharton School and the ...
The battle between two of the largest graduate school testing giants has been heating up recently as more business schools warm to the idea of providing students with an alternative to the Graduate Management Admissions Test [GMAT]. Now another top-ranked business school is weighing in. The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School[Wharton Full-Time MBA Profile] plans to allow MBA ...
THE DOCTORATE IS IN
For years, business schools have been fretting over a looming faculty shortage. Not long ago, the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business warned that the dearth of doctoral candidates could mean 2,400 unfilled B-school positions by 2012.
Will Wall Street's woes and a weak job market improve that outlook? Applications for business PhD ...
