The demotivating effect (and unintended message) of awards
It is common for organizations to offer awards to motivate individual behavior, yet few empirical studies evaluate their effectiveness in the field.
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Potential revenue and breakeven of energy storage systems in PJM energy markets
The operation in energy arbitrage markets is an attractive possibility to energy storage systems developers and owners to justify an investment in this sector.
Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock
We use the Conference Board’s Help-Wanted Index (HWI) to document how immigrant supply shocks change the number of job vacancies.
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Privacy, Personal Data, and Surveillance
Privacy has always been one of the most precarious rights of American life because it lacks clear protections in the U.S. Constitution.
Democracy and the Digital Public Sphere
A healthy democracy requires a deliberative public sphere—an informal space for citizens to gain information and communicate with one another in order to detect problems, bring them to public view, su
Was 'Science' on the Ballot? Labeling Dissent as 'Anti-Science' is Bad Social Science and Bad Politics
On 7 November 2020, moments before Kamala Harris and Joe Biden began their victory speeches, giant screens flanking the stage proclaimed, “The people have chosen science.” Yet, nearly 74 million Ameri
The Role of Leadership in Cultivating Collective Democratic Voice
Building Cities’ Collaborative Muscle
The most pressing social problems facing cities today require multiagency and cross-sector solutions.
Economics of Covid-19 in three sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Namibia and South Africa
When asked about the significance of the French Revolution, Zhou Enlai reportedly said it was “too early to tell”.
The Iran nuclear archive: impressions and implications
A review of selected on Iran’s nuclear weapons program seized by Israeli intelligence confirms that: senior Iranian officials had decided in the late 1990s to actually manufacture nuclear weapons and
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