Faculty Publications

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.

River running through a densely populated area.

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.

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.

Black family happily sits on the grass in a park.

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

How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Bassan-Nygate, Lotem. "How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?" British Journal of Political Science 55.e4 (10 February 2025): 1-19.

Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by
mid-century

Jamison, Dean T., Lawrence H. Summers, et al. "Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century." The Lancet 404.10462 (October 2024): 1561-1614.

How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance

Rodrik, Dani. "How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance." Journal of Government and Economics 13 (Spring 2024).

On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia

Hausmann, Ricardo, Ulrich Schetter, and Muhammed A. Yildirim. "On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia." Economic Policy (22 January 2024).

US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective

Hanson, Gordon, Pia Orrenius, and Madeline Zavodny. "US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective." Journal of Economic Perspectives 37.1 (Winter 2023): 199-222.

Decrypting new age international capital flows

Graf von Luckner, Clemens, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth Rogoff. "Decrypting new age international capital flows." Journal of Monetary Economics 138 (September 2023): 104-122.

The Hidden Costs of Unaccompanied Child Migration

Digidiki, Vasileia, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "The Hidden Costs of Unaccompanied Child Migration." The International Journal of Children's Rights 31.1 (April 2023): 114-136.

How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement

Hanson, Gordon, and Matthew J. Slaughter. "How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement." Foreign Affairs 102.2 (March/April 2023): 119-129.

How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World

Rodrik, Dani, and Stephen Walt. "How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World." Foreign Affairs 101.5 (September/October 2022): 142-155.

The Imperative of Sustaining (Rather than Destroying) Frontline Empathic Solidarity for Distress Migrants Fortress (North) America

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "The Imperative of Sustaining (Rather than Destroying) Frontline Empathic Solidarity for Distress Migrants Fortress (North) America." Boston University International Law Journal 40.1 (Spring 2022): 49-78.

Rebalancing globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Rebalancing globalization." Esprit 3 (March 2022): 37-47.

Social science research to inform solar geoengineering

Joseph E. Aldy, Tyler Felgenhauer, William A. Pizer, Massimo Tavoni, Mariia Belaia, Mark E. Borsuk, Arunabha Ghosh, Garth Heutel, Daniel Heyen, Joshua Horton, David Keith, Christine Merk, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Jesse L. Reynolds, Katharine Ricke, Wilfried Rickels, Soheil Shayegh, Wake Smith, Simone Tilmes, Gernot Wagner, and Jonathan B. Wiener. "Social science research to inform solar geoengineering." Science 374.6569 (2021): 815-818.

China's overseas lending

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "China's overseas lending." Journal of International Economics 133 (November 2021): 1-32.

The G20 and the World Economy: Performance and Prospects

Jorgenson, Dale W., and Khuong M. Vu. "The G20 and the World Economy: Performance and Prospects." Journal of Policy Modeling 43.4 (July/August 2021): 770-782.

Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development

O’Clery, Neave, Muhammed Ali Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development." Nature Communications 12.1 (March 2021): 1479.

Humility in the Anthropocene

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Humility in the Anthropocene." Globalizations (02/09/2021).

Globalization: What's New? What's Not? (and so What?)

Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Nye Jr. "Globalization: What's New? What's Not? (and so What?)." Foreign Policy 2000 (April 2020).

When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Men

Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson. "When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Men." American Economic Review: Insights 1.2 (April 2019): 161-178.

Systematic Managed Floating

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Systematic Managed Floating." Open Economies Review 30.2 (April 2019): 255-295.

Multinationals as Global Institution: Power, Authority and Relative Autonomy

Ruggie, John Gerard. "Multinationals as Global Institution: Power, Authority and Relative Autonomy." Regulation & Governance 12.3 (September 2018): 317-333.

Misperceptions of Relative Affluence and Support for International Redistribution

Nair, Gautam. "Misperceptions of Relative Affluence and Support for International Redistribution." The Journal of Politics 80.3 (July 2018): 815-830.

Populism and the Economics of Globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Populism and the Economics of Globalization." Journal of International Business Policy 1.1-2 (June 2018): 12-33.

What Do Trade Agreements Really Do?

Rodrik, Dani. "What Do Trade Agreements Really Do?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 32.2 (Spring 2018): 73-90.

Rebalancing Globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Rebalancing Globalization." The Milken Institute Review (Fourth Quarter 2017).

Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and ‘Precarity’

Rogan, Michael, Sally Roever, Martha Alter Chen, and Françoise Carre. "Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and ‘Precarity’." Research on the Sociology of Work 31 (Precarious Work) (2017).

Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment

Al Dabbagh, M., H. Riley Bowles, and B. Thomason. "Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment." Organization Science 27.6 (December 2016): 1453-1471.

Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815–2015

Reinhart, Carmen M., Vincent Reinhart, Christoph Trebesch. "Global Cycles: Capital Flows, Commodities, and Sovereign Defaults, 1815–2015." The American Economic Review 106.5 (May 2016): 574-580.

The World Trade Organization at Twenty

Porter, Roger B. "The World Trade Organization at Twenty." The Brown Journal of World Affairs XXI.II (Spring/Summer 2015): 103-115.

China Is Not Yet Number One

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "China Is Not Yet Number One." Frontiers of Economics in China 10.1 (March 2015): 1-6.

Pooling Risk Among Countries

Callen, Michael, Jean Imbs, and Paolo Mauro. "Pooling Risk Among Countries." Journal of International Economics (January 2015).

Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Normative Innovations and Implementation Challenges

Ruggie, John Gerard, and Tamaryn Nelson. "Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Normative Innovations and Implementation Challenges." Brown Journal of World Affairs XXII.I (Fall/Winter 2015): 99-127.

Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices." Journal of International Money and Finance 42 (April 2014): 88-112.

Critical Fairness in Practice: A Social Notice of Aaron James, Contract for a Global Economy

Risse, Mathias, and Gabriel Wollner. "Critical Fairness in Practice: A Social Notice of Aaron James, Contract for a Global Economy." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 43.3 (2013): 382-401.

How Should Sub-Saharan African Countries Think about Global Value Chains?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "How Should Sub-Saharan African Countries Think about Global Value Chains?" Bridges Africa Review 2.1 (March 2013): 12-16.

Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography-Who Needs the Nation-State?

Rodrik, Dani. "Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography-Who Needs the Nation-State?" Economic Geography 89.1 (January 2013): 1-19.

The Dynamics of Nestedness Predicts the Evolution of Industrial Ecosystems

Bustos, Sebastián, Charles Gomez, Ricardo Hausmann, and César A. Hidalgo,. "The Dynamics of Nestedness Predicts the Evolution of Industrial Ecosystems." PLoS ONE 7.11 (November 2012): 1-8.

Internationalization of the RMB and Historical Precedents

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Internationalization of the RMB and Historical Precedents." Journal of Economic Integration 27.3 (September 2012): 329-365.

Empirical Confirmation of Creative Destruction from World Trade Data

Klimek, Peter, Ricardo Hausmann, and Stefan Thurner. "Empirical Confirmation of Creative Destruction from World Trade Data." PLoS ONE 7.6 (June 18, 2012): e38924.

Economic Shocks and International Politics

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Economic Shocks and International Politics." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 54.3 (June/July 2012): 29–46.

Product Price Targeting -- A New Improved Way of Inflation Targeting

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Product Price Targeting -- A New Improved Way of Inflation Targeting." Macroeconomic Review XI.1 (April 2012): 78-81.

What Small Countries Can Teach the World

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "What Small Countries Can Teach the World." Business Economics 47 (2012): 97–103.

A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America." Economia 12.1 (Fall 2011).

American and Chinese Power after the Financial Crisis

Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "American and Chinese Power after the Financial Crisis." The Washington Quarterly 33.4 (Autumn 2010): 143-153.

Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa

Reid, R.S., Nkedianye, D., Said, M.Y., Kaelo, D., Neselle, M., Makui, O., Onetu, L., Kiruswa, S., Kamuaro, N.O., Kristjanson, P., Ogutu, J., BurnSilver, S.B., Goldman, M.J., Boone, R.B., Galvin, K.A., Dickson, N.M. & Clark, W.C. "Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (November 2009).

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