Preface
Facing a new era of U.S.-China relations, the Aspen Strategy Group (ASG) brought together a collection of seventy legislators, policy makers, scholars, journalists, and private sector leaders to discu
Research
No, Coronavirus Will Not Change the Global Order
We should be skeptical toward claims that the pandemic changes everything. China won’t benefit, and the United States will remain preeminent.
Crisis Communications for COVID-19
Communication with employees, customers, investors, constituents, and other stakeholders can contribute decisively to the successful navigation of a crisis.
Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers
We study the drivers of financial distress using a large-scale field experiment that offered randomly selected borrowers a combination of (i) immediate payment reductions to target short-run liquidity
Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence From Delhi Elections
In 2010, we informed a random set of Delhi councilors, some ineligible for re-election in their current ward, that a newspaper would report on their performance shortly prior to the 2012 city election
In Defense of Democratic Populism
The electoral successes of right-wing populists since 2016 have unsettled world politics.
Globalization: What's New? What's Not? (and so What?)
More than two decades before "globalization" became a buzzword, Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye shed new light on transnational relations and the intensification of cross-border interactions in their se
Paid Sick Leave in Washington State: Evidence on Employee Outcomes, 2016-2018
Objectives. To estimate if Washington State's paid sick leave law increased access to paid sick leave, reduced employees' working while sick, and relieved care burdens. Methods.
Measuring Real Activity Using a Weekly Economic Index
In normal times, real activity moves sluggishly so familiar monthly and quarterly macroeconomic data provide information on a time scale that is sufficiently granular for macroeconomic monitoring and
Coronavirus as a Strategic Challenge: Has Washington Misdiagnosed the Problem?
In strategy, diagnosis precedes prescription. While accurate diagnosis does not always lead to a wise choice of treatments, misdiagnosis reliably predicts failed responses.
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