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
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Symposium on 'China's Impact on the Global Economy': New Estimation of China's Exchange Rate Regime." Pacific Economic Review 14.3 (August 2009): 346-360.
Clingingsmith, David, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, and Michael Kremer. "Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering." Quarterly Journal of Economics 124.3 (August 2009): 1133-1170.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz. "Can Good Projects Succeed in Bad Communities?" Journal of Public Economics 93.7-8 (August 2009): 899-916.
Western, Bruce, and Deirdre Bloom. "Variance Function Regressions for Studying Inequality." Sociological Methodology 39.1 (August 2009): 293-326.
Stavins, Robert N. "Addressing Climate Change with a Comprehensive U.S. Cap-and-Trade System." Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review 39 (August 2009): 10752-10766.
Rosengard, Jay K. "Thinking Outside of the Organizational Box: Institutional Innovation in the Sustainable Provision of Microfinance Services." Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique XLVIII.3 (2009): 19-27.
Likovich, Edward M., Kasey J. Russell, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Hong Lu, and Arthur C. Gossard. "Direct Injection Tunnel Spectroscopy of a P-N Junction." Applied Physics Letters 95.2 (July 13, 2009): 022106 - 022109.
Zhang, Yuting, Julie M. Donohue, Judith R. Lave, Gerald O'Donnell, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending." New England Journal of Medicine 361.1 (July 2, 2009): 52-61.
Reed, Mary, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Richard Brand, Nancy Benedetti, Stephen F. Derose, Joseph Newhouse, and John Hsu. "High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans: Efforts To Sharpen A Blunt Instrument." Health Affairs 28.4 (July/August 2009): 1145-1154.
Yasaitis, Laura, Elliott S. Fisher, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Amitabh Chandra. "Hospital Quality And Intensity Of Spending: Is There An Association?" Health Affairs 28.4 (July-August 2009): 566-572.
Cao, Jing, Mun S. Ho, Dale Jorgenson, Ruoen Ren, Linlin Sun, and Ximing Yue. "Industrial and Aggregate Measures of Productivity Growth in China, 1982-2000." Review of Income and Wealth 55.1 (July 2009): 485-513.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Charles Redlick. "Social Capital and Urban Growth." International Regional Science Review 32.3 (July 2009): 264-299.
Norris, Pippa. "Comparing Political Communications: Common Frameworks or Babelian Confusion?" Government and Opposition 44.3 (July 2009): 321-340.
Hidalgo, César A., and Ricardo Hausmann. "The Building Blocks of Economic Complexity." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.26 (June 30, 2009): 10570-10575.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "On Global Currencies." Journal of Comparative Studies (Chinese CITIC Press) (2009): 85-101.
Jasanoff, Sheila, and Sang-Hyung Kim. "Containing the Atom: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Nuclear Power in the United States and South Korea." Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning & Policy 47.2 (June 2009): 119-146.
Branscomb, Lewis M. "A Focused Approach to Society's Grand Challenges." Issues in Science and Technology 25.4 (Summer 2009): 61-66.
Baum, Matthew A. "Shot by the Messenger: Partisan Cues and Public Opinion Regarding National Security and War." Political Behavior 31.2 (June 2009): 157-186.
Cao, Jing, Mun S. Ho, and Dale W. Jorgenson. "Symposium: China's Environment: The Local and Global Benefits of Green Tax Policies in China." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 3.2 (Summer 2009): 189-208.
Jorgenson, Dale W. "Remarks at the Celebration for Padma Desai, Columbia Rotunda, Low Library, Columbia University." Journal of Comparative Economics 37.2 (June 2009): 196-197.
Dogan, Pinar. "Vertical Networks, Integration, and Connectivity." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 18.2 (Summer 2009): 347-392.
Stavins, Robert N., Carlo Carraro, and Charles Kolstad. "Introduction to the Issue." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 3.2 (Summer 2009): 145-146.
Mearsheimer, John J., and Stephen M. Walt. "The Blind Man and the Elephant in the Room: Robert Lieberman and the Israel Lobby." Perspectives on Politics 7.2 (June 2009): 259-273.
Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights
Risse, Mathias. "Common Ownership of the Earth as a Non-Parochial Standpoint: A Contingent Derivation of Human Rights." European Journal of Philosophy 17.2 (June 2009): 277-304.
Pittinsky, Todd L. "Allophilia: Moving Beyond Tolerance in the Classroom." Childhood Education 85.4 (Summer 2009): 212-215.
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Prudent Privatization." Government Finance Review 25.3 (June 2009): 95-96.
Jorgenson, Dale W., and J. Steven Landefeld. "Implementation of a New Architecture for the US National Accounts." American Economic Review 99.2 (May 2009): 64-68.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Bryce A. Ward. "The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston." Journal of Urban Economics 65.3 (May 2009): 265-278.
Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Past as Prologue in Life Extension." Society 46.3 (May 2009): 232-234.
Greig, Fiona, and Iris Bohnet. "Exploring Gendered Behavior in the Field with Experiments: Why Public Goods are Provided by Women in a Nairobi Slum." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 70.1-2 (May 2009): 1-9.
Jorgenson, Dale, Richard Goettle, Mun Sing Ho, and Peter Wilcoxen. "Cap and Trade Climate Policy and U.S. Economic Adjustments." Journal of Policy Modeling 31.3 (May 2009): 362-381.
Bhabha, Jacqueline. "Arendt's Children: Do Today's Migrant Children Have a Right to Have Rights?" Human Rights Quarterly 31.2 (May 2009): 410-451.
Holdren, John P. "Science in the White House." Science 324.5927 (May 2009): 567.
Finkelstein, Amy, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo. "Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function." American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 99.2 (May 2009): 116-121.
Steinfeld, Edward S., Richard K. Lester, and Edward A. Cunningham. "Greener Plants, Grayer Skies." Energy Policy 37.5 (May 2009): 1809–1824.
Olmstead, Sheila M., and Robert N. Stavins. "Comparing Price and Non-Price Approaches to Urban Water Conservation." Water Resources Research 45 (2009): W04301.
Timbie, Justin, David M. Shahian, Joseph P. Newhouse, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand. "Composite Measures for Hospital Quality Using Quality-adjusted Life Years." Statistics in Medicine 28.8 (April 15, 2009): 1238-1254.
Arrow, Kenneth J., Alan Auerbach, John Bertko, Shannon Brownlee, Lawrence Casalino, Jim Cooper, Francis J. Crosson, Alain Enthoven, Elizabeth Falcone, Robert C. Feldman, Victor R. Fuchs, Alan M. Garber, Marthe R. Gold, Dana Goldman, Gillian K. Hadfield, Mark A. Hall, Ralph I. Horwitz, Michael Hooven, Peter D. Jacobson, Timothy S. Jost, Lawrence J. Kotlikoff, Jonathan Levin, Sharon Levine, Richard Levy, Karen Linscott, Har. "Toward a 21st Century Health Care System: Recommendations for Health Care Reform." Annals of Internal Medicine 150.7 (April 7, 2009): 493-495.
Wilson, William Julius. "Toward a Framework for Understanding Forces that Contribute to or Reinforce Racial Inequality." Race and Social Problems 1.1 (April 2009): 3-11.
Blake, Michael, and Mathias Risse. "Immigration and Original Ownership of the Earth." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 23.1 (Spring 2009): 133-167.
Chingos, Matthew M., and Paul Peterson. "For-Profit and Nonprofit Management in Philadelphia Schools." Education Next 9.2 (Spring 2009): 64-70.
Putnam, Robert D. "Diversity, Social Capital, and Immigrant Integration: Introductory Remarks." National Civic Review 98.1 (Spring 2009): 3-5.
Rotberg, Robert I. "Governance and Leadership in Africa: Measures, Methods and Results." Journal of International Affairs 62.2 (Spring/Summer 2009): 113-126.
Fong, Christina M., and Erzo F.P. Luttmer. "What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1.2 (April 2009): 64-87.
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.
Scherer, F.M. "The Political Economy of Patent Policy Reform in the United States." Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law 7 (Spring 2009): 167-216.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Smart Power." New Perspectives Quarterly 26.2 (Spring 2009): 7-9.
Kristjanson, Patti, Robin S. Reid, Nancy Dickson, William C. Clark, Dannie Romney, Ranjitha Puskur, Susan MacMillan, and Delia Grace. "Linking International Agricultural Research Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.13 (March 31, 2009): 5047-5052.
Thompson, Dennis F. "Obama's Ethics Agenda: The Challenge of Coordinated Change." Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics 7.1 (March 2009).
Campante, Filipe R., Davin Chor, and Quoc-Anh Do. "Instability and the Incentives for Corruption." Economics and Politics 21.1 (March 2009): 42-92.