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
Anderson, Weston, Charles A. Taylor, Sonali McDermid, Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié, Richard Seager, Wolfram Schlenker, Fabien Cottier, Alex de Sherbinin, Dara Mendeloff, and Kelsey Markey. "Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa." Nature Food 2.8 (August 2021): 603-615.
Hanna, Rema, Bridget Hoffmann, Paulina Oliva, and Jake Schneider. "The Power of Perception: Limitations of Information in Reducing Air Pollution Exposure." IDB Working Paper Series, July 2021.
Edmonds, James, Sha Yu, Haewon Mcjeon, Dirk Forrister, Joseph Aldy, Nathan Hultman, Ryna Cui, Stephanie Waldhoff, Leon Clarke, Stefano de Clara, and Clayton Munnings. "How much could article 6 enhance nationally determined contribution ambition toward paris agreement goals through economic efficiency?" Climate Change Economics 12.2 (2021).
Holdren, John P. "Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic: Why everybody should care." The Hill, June 9, 2021.
Felgenhauer, Tyler, Joshua Horton, and David Keith. "Solar geoengineering research on the U.S. policy agenda: when might its time come?" Environmental Politics 31.3 (2022): 498-518.
Felgenhauer, Tyler, Joshua Horton, and David Keith. "Solar geoengineering research on the U.S. policy agenda: when might its time come?" Environmental Politics 31.3 (June 2021): 498-518.
Bento, Nuno, Gianfranco Gianfrate, and Joseph E. Aldy. "National Climate Policies and Corporate Internal Carbon Pricing." The Energy Journal 42.5 (2021).
Holdren, John P. "Settled enough: Climate science, skepticism, and prudence." The Hill, May 24, 2021.
Strapasson, Alexandre, Henry Lee, and Jack Schnettler. "Biofuels and the Energy-Water Nexus: Perspectives for the United States." Bioenergy Studies Symposium, May 20-21, 2021.
Fan, Yuanchao, Jerry Tjiputra, Helene Muri, Danica Lombardozzi, Chang-Eui Park, Shengjun Wu, and David Keith. "Solar geoengineering can alleviate climate change pressures on crop yields." Nature Food 2 (May 2021): 373–381.
Cunningham, Edward. "Is Climate Change the Path to Greater US-China Cooperation?" Rajawali Foundation Institute For Asia, May 18, 2021.
Djankov, Simeon, Edward L. Glaeser, Valeria Perotti, and Andrei Shleifer. "Property Rights and Urban Form." NBER Working Paper Series, May 2021.
Bai, Jie, Shanjun Li, Danxia Xie, and Hui Zhou. “Environmental Protection or Environmental Protectionism? Evidence from Tail Pipe Emission Standards in China.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 381–85. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211033.
Natali, Susan, John P. Holdren, Brendan M. Rogers, Rachael Treharne, Philip B. Duffy, Rafe Pomerance, and Erin MacDonald. "Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118.21 (May 2021): e2100163118.
Irvine, Peter James, Elizabeth Burns, Ken Caldeira, Frank N Keutsch, Dustin Tingley, and David Keith. "Expert judgements on solar geoengineering research priorities and challenges." April 2021.
Aldy, Joseph. "Testimony on the Elimination of Fossil Fuel Subsidies to the US Subcommittee on the Environment." US House Oversight Committee, April 22, 2021.
Behrer, A. Patrick, Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, and Andrei Shleifer. "Securing Property Rights." Journal of Political Economy 129.4 (April 2021): 1157-1192.
Horton, Joshua B., Penehuro Lefale, and David Keith. "Parametric Insurance for Solar Geoengineering: Insights from the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative." Global Policy 12.S1 (April 2021): 97-107.
Ramelli, Stefano, Alexander F. Wagner, Richard J. Zeckhauser, and Alexandre Ziegler. "Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Stock-Price Responses to the Opposite Shocks of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Elections." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-011, March 2021.
Evans, Mary, Karen Palmer, Joseph Aldy, Meredith Fowlie, Matthew Kotchen, and Arik Levinson. "The Role of Retrospective Analysis in an Era of Deregulation: Lessons from the U.S. Mercury Air Toxic Standards." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-010, March 2021.
Co-Benefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis:
Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality
Regulations
Aldy, Joseph, Matthew Kotchen, Mary Evans, Meredith Fowlie, Arik Levinson, and Karen Palmer. "Co-Benefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis: Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality Regulations." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-009, March 2021.
Aldy, Joseph E., Giles Atkinson, and Matthew Kotchen. "Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and the United Kingdom." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-008, March 2021.
Salles, Maurício B. C., Taina N. Gadotti, Michael J. Aziz, and William W. Hogan. "Potential revenue and breakeven of energy storage systems in PJM energy markets." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (March 2021): 12357-12368.
Jasanoff, Sheila. "Humility in the Anthropocene." Globalizations (02/09/2021).
Zhen Dai, Elizabeth T. Burns, Peter J. Irvine, Dustin H. Tingley, Jianhua Xu, and David Keith. "Elicitation of US and Chinese expert judgments show consistent views on solar geoengineering." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8 (January 2021).
Seeley, Jacob T., Nicholas J. Lutsko, and David Keith. "Designing a Radiative Antidote to CO2." Geophysical Research Letters 48.1 (January 2021).
Dai, Zhen, Debra K. Weisenstein, Frank N. Keutsch, and David W. Keith. "Experimental Reaction Rates Constrain Estimates of Ozone Response to Calcium Carbonate Geoengineering." Communications Earth & Environment 1.1 (December 2020): 1-9.
Taylor, Charles A., Christopher Boulosb, and Douglas Almonda. "Livestock plants and COVID-19 transmission." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol.117.50 (December 15, 2020): 31706-31715.
Seeley, Jacob T., Nicholas J. Lutsko, and David W. Keith. "Designing a Radiative Antidote to CO2." Geophysical Research Letters 48.1 (December 2020).
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "What Does Success Look Like for a Climate Czar?" Bloomberg Opinion, 12/2/2020.
Burns, Nicholas, Daniela Schwarzer, Torrey Taussig, Sophia Becker, Josef Braml, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Anthony Gardner, Thomas Gomart, Christian Mölling, Robin Niblett, Victoria Nuland, Kristi Raik, David E. Sanger, Amanda Sloat, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Nathalie Tocci. "Stronger Together: A Strategy to Revitalize Transatlantic Power." Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School and German Council on Foreign Relations, December 2020.
Marcus Peacock, Donald Bathurst, Linda Bilmes, Sheila Burke and Margaret Sherry. "Assessment of the National Park Service Museum Collections Storage Management. National Academy of Public Administration, December 2020." National Academy of Public Administration, December 2020.
Lee, Henry, and Abigail Mayer. "The Future of Carbon Offset Markets." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, October 22, 2020.
Clark, William C., and Alicia G. Harley. "Sustainability Science: Toward a Synthesis." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 45.1 (October 2020): 331-386.
Thompson, Dennis F. "The Professional Ethics of Witnessing Professionals." æ岹ܲ 149.4 (October 2020): 67-78.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle." The Guardian, October 2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "After Oil: Throwing Money at Green Energy Isn’t Enough." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/17/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Pandemic Is Hurting, Not Helping, Green Energy." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/16/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "After Oil: U.S.-China Split Will Hurt Clean Energy." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/14/2020.
Clark, William C., and Alicia G. Harley. "An Integrative Framework for Sustainability Science." September 2020.
Mallapragada, Dharik Sanchan, Emre Gençer, Patrick Insinger, David William Keith, and Francis Martin O’Sullivan. "Can Industrial-Scale Solar Hydrogen Supplied from Commodity Technologies Be Cost Competitive by 2030?" Cell Reports Physical Science 1.9 (September 2020): 100174.
Taylor, Charles A. "Cicadian Rhythm: Insecticides, Infant Health and Long-term Outcomes." CEEP Working Paper Series, September 2020.
Bilmes, Linda J. "Who is Rescuing America's Parks?" Boston Globe, July 27, 2020.
Aldy, Joseph, and Robert N. Stavins. "Rolling the Dice in the Corridors of Power: William Nordhaus’s Impacts on Climate Change Policy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-022, July 2020.
Metcalf, Gilbert E., and James H. Stock. "The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe’s Carbon Taxes." National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2020.
Aldy, Joseph, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Three Prongs for Prudent Climate Policy." Southern Economic Journal 87.1 (July 2020): 3-29.
Bilmes, Linda J., and John B. Loomis. Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America's Best Investment, 1st edition. Routledge, 2020.
Lutsko, Nicholas J., Jacob T. Seeley, and David W. Keith. "Estimating Impacts and Trade-offs in Solar Geoengineering Scenarios With a Moist Energy Balance Model." Geophysical Research Letters 47.9 (May 2020).
Marlowe, Tim, Linda J. Bilmes, and John Loomis. "Valuing Education and Learning in the National Parks." America's Largest Classroom. Ed. Jessica L. Thompson. University of California Press, 2020.
Irwin, Scott H., Kristen McCormack, and James H. Stock. "The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102.3 (May 2020): 734-752.