The Dual-Purpose Playbook
Corporations are being pushed to dial down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment.
Research
Teaching Ethics Using Simulations: Active Learning Exercises in Political Theory
Simulations are an excellent tool for teaching and have been used in many disciplines including in various subfields of political science, notably in international relations.
A Few Keys to Saving the Planet Cost-Effectively
Virtually every activity a personundertakes on a typical day — driving to work, charging a phone, cooking dinner — contributes to carbon dioxide emissions.
Legal Rasputins? Law Clerk Influence on Voting at the US Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices employ law clerks to help them perform their duties. We study whether these clerks influence how justices vote in the cases they hear.
Selective Exposure Partly Relies on Faulty Affective Forecasts
People preferentially consume information that aligns with their prior beliefs, contributing to polarization and undermining democracy.
Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession
This paper argues that the debt forgiveness provided by the U.S. consumer bankruptcy system helped stabilize employment levels during the Great Recession.
Realizing Rights for Homeworkers: An Analysis of Governance Mechanisms
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, the labour rights violations in global supply chains, and indeed the governance of global supply chains, has become a pressing global issue.
Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labor-market shocks.
Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Change: Exploring the Linkages
Preventing nuclear war and avoiding catastrophic climate change are two of the most basic challenges facing human civilization in the twenty-first century.
Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings
Economics of the Environment, Seventh Edition is a compendium of the best, most timely articles by a dream team of environmental economists, together with an original introductory chapter by the edito
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