Research

Pay to play

Investor behavior has long been at odds with investor wisdom. Most investors chase potential profits by actively buying and selling stocks—or by hiring someone else to do it for them—although trading costs and management fees significantly reduce their net returns. Research by Tuck School of Business Professor Kenneth R. French quantifies the costs of such active investing and provides strong evidence that a passive approach is better for most investors.

Grad students in Greenland

On the front lines of climate change, Greenland harbors a unique convergence of indigenous communities, research field stations, and policy debates about the future of the Arctic. It is an ideal location for Dartmouth’s new Polar Environmental Change program, offered through a grant by the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program.

The nukes we need

Nuclear deterrence may become far harder in the coming decades, argues Government Daryl G. Press in a paper published Foreign Affairs magazine. Deterring nuclear attacks during peacetime is a relatively simple mission, Press says, but preventing nuclear escalation during a conventional war among nuclear-armed states is a far more difficult challenge.

1,000 one-on-ones

Independent study and research is one of the distinct hallmarks of a Dartmouth education, with 60 percent of the undergraduate student body taking advantage of the opportunity. Dartmouth faculty direct more than 1,000 one-on-one independent studies with undergraduate students every year.