Let Parades Greet Our Iraq Vets
Last night, the White House hosted a formal dinner in honor of Iraq veterans, inviting 200 soldiers and their spouses from all 50 states. It was an opportunity to give thanks.
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Did the Durban Meeting Succeed?
Level of Access and Competition in Broadband Markets
We consider an unregulated incumbent who owns a broadband infrastructure and decides on how much access to provide to a potential entrant.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Understanding Human Security
Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from poverty to environmental concerns rather than just national defens
God and Caesar in America
The essay discusses the negative effects of the politicization of religion in the U.S. The authors note that modern U.S.
Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service towards episode-based payment, affecting average and marginal reimbursement.
Agent-based Modeling of the Effects of Social Norms on Enrollment in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and restoration of ecosystem services around the world.
Consolidation: Thwarting Nuclear Theft
At the first nuclear security summit in April 2010, the assembled leaders agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material worldwide within four years, including consolidating plutonium
The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey
Book abstract: When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome.
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an “evaluation nudge,” in which people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their f
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