Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Simplification and Saving." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (Published online, March 27, 2012).
Summers, Lawrence H. "How to Ensure Stimulus Today, Austerity Tomorrow." Financial Times, March 25, 2012.
Kelman, Steven. "US Budget Breakthrough After Nov.?" Business Times, March 16, 2012.
Reinhart, Carmen. "Financial Repression Back to Stay." Bloomberg Business, March 11, 2012.
Stavins, Robert N. "An Unambiguous Consequence of the Durban Climate Talks." Review of Environment, Energy and Economics (March 9, 2012): 1-4.
Kayyem, Juliette. "Ocean Planning and Massachusetts." Boston Globe, March 8, 2012.
Huckfeldt, Peter J., Neeraj Sood, José J Escarce, David C. Grabowski, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-007, March 2012.
Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman. "When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-009, 2012.
Bourreau, Marc, and Pinar Dogan. "Level of Access and Competition in Broadband Markets." Review of Network Economics 11.1 (March 2012): published online.
Stavins, Robert N. "Did the Durban Meeting Succeed?" Environmental Forum. March/April 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Figures Show Obama Halted Recession." Bangkok Post, February 29, 2012.
Li, Shanjun, Joshua Linn, and Erich J. Muehlegger. "Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-006, February 2012.
Summers, Lawrence H. "The U.S. Tax System Needs Rebuilding." Financial Times, February 26, 2012.
Summers, Lawrence H. "The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding." Financial Times, February 26, 2012.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Lowering the Corporate Tax Rate a Good Start." USNews.com, February 24, 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Obama's Recovery?" CNN World, February 18, 2012.
Bower, Joseph L., Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine. "Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point." Working Knowledge: The Thinking That Leads, February 15, 2012.
Wagner, Gernot, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking." Climatic Change 110.3/4 (February 2012): 507-521.
Stavins, Robert N. "International Climate Policy: The Durban Platform Opens a Window." Oxford University Press’s Blog, January 24, 2012.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Economic Uncertainty is No Excuse for Inaction." Financial Times, January 23, 2012.
Summers, Lawrence H. "What You (Really) Need to Know." New York Times, January 20, 2012.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Why Isn’t Capitalism Working?" Reuters, January 9, 2012.
Stavins, Robert N., ed. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.
Bosetti, Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "Politically Feasible Emissions Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 6.1 (Winter 2012): 86-109.
Olmstead, Sheila M., and Robert N. Stavins. "Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 6.1 (Winter 2012): 65-85.
Stavins, Robert N. "Rahm's Doctrine Revisited, Revised." Environmental Forum. January/February 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Globalization and the Environment." Economics of the Environment. Ed. Robert N. Stavins. W. W. Norton, 2012.
Aldy, Joseph, and William Pizer. "The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-047, December 2011.
Aldy, Joseph. "A Preliminary Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Clean Energy Package." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-048, December 2011.
Glaeser, Edward L. "In Economists’ Paradise, Lessons for US." Boston Globe, December 19, 2011.
Scherer, F.M. "R&D Costs and Productivity in Biopharmaceuticals." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-046, December 2011.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Time for the IMF to Step Forward." Washington Post, December 8, 2011.
Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, and Jonah E. Rockoff. "The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood." NBER Working Papers, December 2011.
Berndt, Ernst R., Thomas G. McGuire, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "A Primer on the Economics of Prescription Pharmaceutical Pricing in Health Insurance Markets." Forum for Health Economics & Policy 14.2 (Prescription Drug Insurance, Article 10(2011).
W. Kip Viscusi, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Deterring and Compensating Oil-Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability." Vanderbilt Law Review 64.6 (2011): 1717-1765.
Bosetti, Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "How to Agree on Emissions Targets at Durban." VoxEU, November 28, 2011.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-045, November 2011.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Three Ways to Combat Rising Inequality." Washington Post, November 20, 2011.
Comanor, William S., and F.M. Scherer. "Mergers and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Market." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-043, November 2011.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Five Grim and Essential Lessons for World Leaders." Financial Times, November 3, 2011.
Aldy, Joseph. "Real-Time Economic Analysis and Policy Development During the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill." Vanderbilt Law Review 64.6 (November 2011): 1795-1817.
Stavins, Robert N. "The Value of Terroir: Hedonic Estimation of Vineyard Sale Prices." Journal of Wine Economics 6.1 (November 1, 2011): 1-14.
Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Danny Yagan. "How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star." Quarterly Journal of Economics 126.4 (November 2011): 1593-1660.
Anadon, Laura Diaz, Matthew Bunn, Gabriel Chan, Melissa Chan, Ruud Kempener, Charles Jones, Audrey Lee, Nathaniel Logar, and, Venkatesh Narayanamurti. "Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, November 2011.
Aldy, Joseph, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-041, October 2011.
Summers, Lawrence H. "How to Stabilize the Housing Market." Washington Post, October 23, 2011.
Glaeser, Edward L. "To Avoid Scandals, Auction off Casino Licenses." Boston.com, October 7, 2011.
Kolesár, Michal, Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Edward L. Glaeser, and Guido W. Imbens. "Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments." NBER Working Papers 17519, October 2011.
Marion, Justin, and Erich Muehlegger. "Fuel Tax Incidence and Supply Conditions." Journal of Public Economics 95.9-10 (October 2011): 1202-1212.
Olken, Benjamin A., and Monica Singhal. "Informal Taxation." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3.4 (October 2011): 1-28.