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
Stone, Christopher, Zachary Carter, Thomas Belfiore, Ella M. Bully-Cummings, Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Michael J. Farrell, George Gascón, Arva Rice, Lew Rice, and Damon T. Hewitt. "Reducing Inherent Danger: Report of the New York State Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings." New York State Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings Report, May 27, 2010.
Fagan, Mark, and Rapahel Barcham. "Open Access for Heavy Haul Railroads: A Questionable Strategy for Social Welfare Gains." Transportation Research Forum Annual Conference, 2010.
Levin, Simon A., and William C. Clark, eds. "Toward a Science of Sustainability." Center for International Development Working Paper 196, May 2010.
Norris, Pippa, and Ronald Inglehart. "Are Rising Levels of Existential Security Conducive to Secularization?" Conference Paper for Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-25, 2010.
Norris, Pippa. "How Should We Assess the Internet's Impact on Contemporary Democracy." Conference Paper for Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22-25, 2010.
Anadon, Laura Diaz, Matthew Bunn, Gabriel Chan, Melissa Chan, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Charles Jones, Ruud Kempener, Audrey Lee, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. "DOE FY 2011 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment: Analysis and Recommendations." Report for Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, April 2010.
Bunn, Matthew. Securing the Bomb 2010. Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School and Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2010.
Greene, Jay, Tom Loveless, W. Bentley MacLeod, Thomas Nechyba, Paul E. Peterson, Meredith Rosenthal, and Grover Whitehurst. "Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education." Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, February 2010.
Clark, William C., Nicole A. Szlezak, Suerie Moon, Barry R. Bloom, Gerald T. Keusch, Catherine M. Michaud, Dean T. Jamison, Julio Frenk, and Wen L. Kilama. "The Global Health System: Institutions in a Time of Transition." Center for International Development Working Paper 193, January 2010.
Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Tore Olsen, and Luigi Pistaferri. "Adjustment Costs, Firm Responses, and Labor Supply Elasticities: Evidence from Danish Tax Records." NBER Working Papers 15617, January 2010.
Howitt, Arnold, and Herman B. Leonard. "Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organisations and Societies." Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010.
Sparrow, Malcolm K., Coleman D. Bazelon, and Charles Jackson. "Can Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated? Managing the Risks." Report prepared for The Brattle Group, December 2009.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Daniel Xie. "Estimation of De Facto Flexibility Parameter and Basket Weights in Evolving Exchange Rate Regimes." NBER Working Papers 15620, December 2009.
Zheng, Siqi, Rui Wang, Edward L. Glaeser, and Matthew E. Kahn. "The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." NBER Working Papers 15621, December 2009.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Natural Resource Curse." Conference paper presented at Export Perils, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Azerbaijan, December 2009.
Dogan, Pinar. "A Critical Review of the Ladder of Investment Approach." Telecom ParisTech No. ESS-09-06, 2009.
Perkins, Dwight H., and Vu Thanh Tu Anh. "Vietnam's Industrial Policy: Designing Policies for Sustainable Development." Series on Vietnam’s WTO Accession and International Competitiveness Research, UNDP/Harvard Policy Dialogue Paper 1, 2009.
Rosengard, Jay K., and Huynh The Du. "Funding Economic Development: A Comparative Study of Financial Sector Reform in Vietnam and China." United Nations Development Programme, Harvard Policy Dialogue Papers 2, 2009.
Behn, Robert. "PerformanceStat as a Search for Strategic Evidence." Paper presented at the National
Public Management Research Conference, Columbus, and the Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., October 1-3 and November 6, 2009.
Gallagher, Kelly Sims. "Breaking the Climate Impasse with China: A Global Solution." Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Discussion Paper 09-32, November 2009.
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Khwaja. "What Did You Do All Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomes." The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series 5143 and Social Sciences Research Network Paper, November 2009.
Kousky, Carolyn, Olga Rostapshova, Michael Toman, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes." Resources for the Future Discussion Paper, November 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L., Stuart Rosenthal, and William C. Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship." NBER Working Papers 15536, November 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "Democratic Indicators and Audits." Paper presented at conference organized by the presidential task force of the American Political Science Association, Berekley, October 29-30, 2009.
Fagotto, Elena, and Archon Fung. "Sustaining Public Engagement: Embedded Deliberation in Local Communities." Everyday Democracy and the Kettering Foundation Occasional Paper, October 20, 2009.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Rodrigo Wagner. "Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and a Global Market for Biofuels." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Discussion Paper 2009-15, October 2009.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?" Conference paper presented at Immigration and Global Development: Research Lessons on How Immigration and Remittances Affect Prosperity Around the World, the Harvard Center for International Development and the Center for Global Development, Washington DC, October 2009
Peterson, Paul E., and Martina Viarengo. "Social Capital and School Sector Impacts on the Non-Cognitive Skills of Early Adolescents: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey." Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance PEPG09-04, October 2009.
Borjas, George, and Rachel M. Friedberg. "Recent Trends in the Earnings of New Immigrants to the United States." NBER Working Papers 15406, October 2009.
Davis, Lucas W., and Erich J. Muehlegger. "Do Americans Consume Too Little Natural Gas? An Empirical Test of Marginal Cost Pricing." Center for the Study of Energy Markets Working Paper 194, September 2009.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity-Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean." Workshop paper presented at Myths and Realities of Commodity Dependence: Policy Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank, September 17-18, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "Post-democracy." Paper presented at the European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Potsdam, September 12-13, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "Critical Citizens Revisited: The U.S. and Western Europe." Paper presented at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, Berlin, September 11, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. "The Impact of Cosmopolitan Communications on Civic Engagement." Paper presented at the Conference on the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, Toronto, September 6-7, 2009.
Baum, Matthew A., and Marion Just. "Bandwagon and Underdog Effects in the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign: A Survey Experiment." Paper presented at the 2009 meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 4, 2009.
Norris, Pippa, and Ronald Inglehart. "Is National Diversity Under Threat?" Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, September 3-6, 2009.
Sparrow, Malcolm K. "One Week in Heron City: A Case Study." New Perspectives in Policing (Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety), September 2009.
Olmstead, Sheila M., and Robert N. Stavins. "An Expanded Three-Part Architecture for Post-2012 International Climate Policy." Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Discussion Paper 09-29, September 2009.
Bosetti Valentina, and Jeffrey A. Frankel. "Global Climate Policy Architecture and Political Feasibility: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets to Attain 460 PPM CO2 Concentrations." The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Discussion Paper Series Discussion Paper 09-30 and NBER Working Papers 15516, November 2009.
Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, Laura D. Anadon, and Ambuj D. Sagar. "Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge." Report from the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, September 2009.
Rodrik, Dani. "Growth After the Crisis." Center for Economic Policy and Research Discussion Paper 7480, September 2009.
Wilson, Julie Boatright. "Cross-Branch Collaboration: What Can We Learn From the Collaboration Between Courts and the Division of Youth Services in Missouri: A Concept Paper." Prepared for the Executive Session: State Court Leaders in the 21st Century, Harvard Kennedy School, September 2009.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Global Environment and Trade Policy." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Discussion Paper #09-01, September 2009.
Narayanamurti, Venkatesh, Laura D. Anadon, and Ambuj D. Sagar. "Institutions for Energy Innovation: A Transformational Challenge." Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, September 2009.
Feigenberg, Benjamin, Erica Field, and Rohini Pande. "Building Social Capital through Microfinance." Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics Summer Workshop, Stanford, August 13-15, 2009.
Iyer, Rajkamal, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Kelly Shue. "Screening in New Credit Markets: Can Individual Lenders Infer Borrower Creditworthiness in Peer-to-Peer Lending?" NBER Working Papers 15242, August 2009.
Risse, Mathias. "Immigration, Ethics, and the Capabilities Approach." United Nations Development Program Human Development Research Paper Series, August 2009.
Abadie, Alberto, and Guido Imbens. "Matching on the Estimated Propensity Score." NBER Working Papers 15301, August 2009.
Olken, Benjamin A., and Monica Singhal. "Informal Taxation." NBER Working Papers 15221, August 2009.
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Linda Babcock. "Relational Accounts: A Strategy for Women Negotiating for Higher Compensation." Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2009.