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Feature: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Juliette Kayyem examines the negative effects that Elon Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have on the safety of everyday Americans.

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Feature: Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Resilience

Joseph Aldy finds that governmental construction of levees, which enhance resilience to flood risks amplified by climate change, increases home values by 3-4 percent.

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Feature: Assessing Government Outreach to Bolster Benefits Take-Up

Elizabeth Linos finds that light-touch interventions significantly, consistently, and cost-effectively increase benefits take-up among low-income households, while higher-touch proactive outreach yields minimal additional take-up.

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Feature: Excess Mortality Rate in U.S. Black Children Since 1950

Soroush Saghafian finds that 5 million excess deaths of Black Americans, including over 500,000 infants, could have been avoided over the past 70 years if their mortality rates were equal to those of White Americans.

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

Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective

Fagan, Mark L. Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective. Cheltanham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

AI for the People: The Use of AI to Improve Government Performance

Fagan, Mark. "AI for the People: The Use of AI to Improve Government Performance." M-RCBG Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.

How Money Talks

Fagan, Mark. "How Money Talks." USA Today Magazine. November 2015.

Lobbying

Gimate-Welsh H., Adrián S., Mark Fagan, and Guillermina Martínez Bermúdez. Lobbying. Biblioteca Nueva, 2015.

Lobbying: Business, Law and Public Policy

Fagan, Mark. Lobbying: Business, Law and Public Policy. Vandeplas Publishing, 2015.

Between Safety and Security: The Policy Challenges of Transporting Toxic Inhalation Hazards

Fagan, Mark, and Ellis Branscomb. "Between Safety and Security: The Policy Challenges of Transporting Toxic Inhalation Hazards." Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 9.2 (2012): 1-20.

Transportation of Toxic Inhalant Hazards: Addressing the Double Dichotomy

Fagan, Mark. "Transportation of Toxic Inhalant Hazards: Addressing the Double Dichotomy." Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy 79.1 (2012): 59-71.

Open Access for Heavy Haul Railroads: A Questionable Strategy for Social Welfare Gains

Fagan, Mark, and Rapahel Barcham. "Open Access for Heavy Haul Railroads: A Questionable Strategy for Social Welfare Gains." Transportation Research Forum Annual Conference, 2010.

Law and The Financial System: Securitization and Asset Backed Securities

Fagan, Mark, and Tamar Frankel. Law and The Financial System: Securitization and Asset Backed Securities. Vandeplas Publishing, 2009.

SME financing in China: the current situation, problems and possible solutions

Fagan, Mark and Shenghua Zhao. "SME financing in China: the current situation, problems and possible solutions." International journal of entrepreneurship and small business 8.2 (April 2009): 171-185.

Introducing Competition into Natural Monopoly Industries: An Evaluation of Mandated Access to Australian Freight Railroads, Regulatory Policy Program Working Paper RPP-2007-05, MR-CBG Kennedy School o

Fagan, Mark. "Introducing Competition into Natural Monopoly Industries: An Evaluation of Mandated Access to Australian Freight Railroads, Regulatory Policy Program Working Paper RPP-2007-05, MR-CBG Kennedy School o." Regulatory Policy Program working paper, May 2007.

Nature or nurture: why do railroads carry greater freight share in the United States than in Europe?

Vassallo, J.M., and Mark Fagan. "Nature or nurture: why do railroads carry greater freight share in the United States than in Europe?" Transportation 34 (2007): 177-193.

Trust and Honesty in the Real World

Fagan, Mark, and Tamar Frankel. Trust and Honesty in the Real World. Fathom Publishing, 2007.

Measuring and Explaining Electricity Price Changes in Restructured States

Fagan, Mark. "Measuring and Explaining Electricity Price Changes in Restructured States." The Electricity Journal 19.5 (June 2006): 35-42.

Understanding the patchwork quilt of electricity restructuring in the United States

Fagan, Mark. "Understanding the patchwork quilt of electricity restructuring in the United States." Regulatory Policy Program working paper, April 2006.

Catalyzing Institutional Innovation

Shang, Yong, and Mark Fagan. "Catalyzing Institutional Innovation." International Journal of Technology and Globalization 2.3/4 (2006): 340-361.