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All Stocks of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials Worldwide Must be Protected Against Global Terrorist Threats

The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk.

Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and its Implications

The paper studies forecasts of real growth rates and budget balances made by official government agencies among 33 countries.

Bias Corrected Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects

In Abadie and Imbens (2006), it was shown that simple nearest-neighbor matching estimators include a conditional bias term that converges to zero at a rate that may be slower than N1/2.

An Economist’s View of the Oil Spill from Inside the White House

Early on the morning of April 21, 2010, a BP official called to alert me that a Gulf of Mexico rig under contract to BP suffered a major blowout, was still on fire, and some of its workers were missin

Reshaping the Energy Landscape

How do we grow the global supply of energy, make it more accessible to the poor, and at the same time cut carbon emissions to near zero? And how can physics contribute?

Consumer Financial Protection

The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver services and how well regulatory institutions address problems in consumer financial markets.

A New Model of Foreign Aid, from the Experiences of Japan and the United States

Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009

How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for – or even imagined?

The Strategic Balance of Disaster Risk Management

Daring to be Different-and Right

The Kyoto Protocol is set to expire in 2012.