Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets, Vol. 3B
Book abstract: How have monetary policies matured during the last decade? The recent downturn in economies worldwide have put monetary policies in a new spotlight.
Research
Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?
By putting together a relatively large data set on bilateral remittances of emigrants, this paper is able to shed light on the important hypothesis of smoothing.
A Living Constitution
Sequencing the human genome provided a powerful new way to represent human identity, and the moral implications of that re-representation are just beginning to unfold.
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Teens and Young Adults for the 21st Century
One of the most fundamental obligations of any society is to prepare its adolescents and young adults to lead productive and prosperous lives as adults.
Paternal Incarceration and Support for Children in Fragile Families
High U.S. incarceration rates have motivated recent research on the negative effects of imprisonment on later employment, earnings, and family relationships.
Transforming the Energy Economy: Options for Accelerating the Commercialization of Advanced Energy Technologies
On December 1–2, 2010, a group of senior representatives from government, industry, finance, and academia convened at Harvard Kennedy School for a workshop on "Energy Technology Demonstration." The pu
From Kafka to Wilberforce: Is the U.S. Government’s Approach To Child Migrants Improving?
Red, Blue, and the Flu: Media Self-Selection and Partisan Gaps in Swine Flu Vaccinations
This study assesses the relationship between political partisanship and attitudes and behavior with respect to the Swine Flu crisis of 2009 in general, and the U.S.
The SO2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation
The introduction of the U.S.
The Myth of Authoritarian Growth
The relationship between a nation's politics and its economic prospects is one of the most fundamental, and most studied, subjects in all of social science.
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