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
Abadie, Alberto, and Guido W. Imbens. "On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators." Econometrica 76.6 (November 2008): 1537-1557.
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Conceptualizing Globalization: International Organisations: The Challenge of Aligning Mission, Means and Legitimacy." World Economy 31.11 (November 2008): 1455-1470.
du Plessis, Stan, Ben Smit, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Identifying Aggregate Supply and Demand Shocks in South Africa." Journal of African Economies 17.5 (November 2008): 765-793.
Abadie, Alberto, and Sofia Dermisi. "Is Terrorism Eroding Agglomeration Economies in Central Business Districts? Lessons from the Office Real Estate Market in Downtown Chicago." Journal of Urban Economics 64 (2008): 451-463.
Lubowski, Ruben N., Andrew J. Plantinga, and Robert N. Stavins. "What Drives Land Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions." Land Economics 84.4 (November 2008): 529-550.
Juma, Calestous. "Learn to Earn." Nature 456 (October 30, 2008): 15-17.
Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "Myths and Misconceptions about Health Insurance." Health Affairs 27.6 (September/October 2008).
Goldsmith, Stephen. "Service 2.0 and Cities." National Civic Review 97.3 (Fall 2008): 52-55.
Bohnet, Iris, and Hannah Riley Bowles, guest editors. "Special Section: Gender and Negotiation." Negotiation Journal 24.4 (October 2008): 389-540.
Risse, Mathias. "On the Morality of Immigration: A Response to Two Critics." Ethics and International Affairs 22.3 (Fall 2008): 241-259.
Baum, Matthew A., and Tim Groeling. "Crossing the Water's Edge: Elite Rhetoric, Media Coverage and the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomenon." Journal of Politics 70.4 (October 2008): 1-21.
Baum, Matthew A., and Tim Groeling. "New Media and the Polarization of American Political Discourse." Political Communication 25.4 (October 2008): 345-365.
Pittinsky, Todd L., and Brian Welle. "Negative Outgroup Leader Actions Increase Liking for Ingroup Leaders: An Experimental Test of Intergroup Leader-Enhancement Effects." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 11.4 (October 2008): 513-523.
Sewall, Sarah. "America after the Elections: A Strategy of Conservation." Survival 50.5 (October 2008): 79-98.
Bohnet, Iris. "Gender In Negotiation: Introduction to special issue." Negotiation Journal 24.4 (October 2008): 389-392.
Sommers Benjamin D., Clair J. Beard, Anthony V. D'Amico, Irving Kaplan, Jerome P. Richie, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Predictors of Patient Preferences and Treatment Choices for Localized Prostate Cancer." Cancer 113.8 (October 2008): 2058-2067.
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game." Negotiation Journal 24.4 (October 2008): 393-410.
Goodman, Joshua. "Who Merits Financial Aid?: Massachusetts' Adams Scholarship." Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008): 2121-2131.
Rodrik, Dani. "Understanding South Africa's Economic Puzzles." Economics of Transition 16.4 (September 2008): 769-797.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Shang-Jin Wei. "Estimation of De Facto Exchange Rate Regimes: Synthesis of the Techniques for Inferring Flexibility and Basket Weights." IMF Staff Papers 55.3 (September 2008): 384-416.
Alesina, Alberto, Filipe R. Campante, and Guido Tabellini. "Why Is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical?" Journal of the European Economic Association 6.5 (September 2008): 1006-36.
Hall, Peter Dobkin. "Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change." American Journal of Sociology 114.2 (September 2008): 555-558.
Thompson, Dennis F. "Electoral Spontaneity: Expressing Equal Respect." Journal of Social Issues 64.2 (September 2008): 487-501.
González, Celia Maria, and Tom R. Tyler. "The Psychology of Enfranchisement: Engaging and Fostering Inclusion of Members through Voting and Decision-Making Procedures." Journal of Social Issues 64.3 (September 2008): 447-466.
Clemens, Michael A., and Lant Pritchett. "Income per Natural: Measuring Development for People Rather Than Places." Population & Development Review 34.3 (September 2008): 395-434.
Sturzenegger, Federico, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. "Haircuts: Estimating Investor Losses in Sovereign Debt Restructurings, 1998-2005." Journal of International Money and Finance 27.5 (September 2008): 780-805.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, and Atif Mian. "Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from an Emerging Market." American Economic Review 98.4 (September 2008): 1413-1442.
Jensen, Robert T., and Nolan Miller. "Giffen Behavior and Subsistence Consumption." American Economic Review 98.4 (September 2008): 1553-1577.
Culpepper, Pepper D. "Business Power, Policy Salience, and the Study of Politics." European Studies Forum 38.2 (Autumn 2008): 5-11.
Edwards, Lawrence, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "South Africa Trade Policy Matters: Trade Performance and Trade Policy." Economics of Transition 16.4 (September 2008): 585-608.
Frankel, Jeffrey, Ben Smit, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Fiscal and Monetary Policy in a Commodity-Based Economy." Economics of Transition 16.4 (September 2008): 679-713.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Bailey Klinger. "South Africa's Export Predicament." Economics of Transition 16.4 (September 2008): 609-637.
Howell, William G., Martin R. West, and Paul E. Peterson. "The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey of Public Opinion: Americans Think Less of Their Schools Than of their Police Departments and Post Offices." Education Next 8.4 (Fall 2008): 12-26.
Austin, James, and Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Can the Virtuous Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" California Management Review 51.1 (Fall 2008).
Glaeser, Edward L, Joseph Gyourko, and Albert Saiz. "Symposium: Mortgages and the Housing Crash: Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles." Journal of Urban Economics 64.2 (September 2008): 198-217.
Braga, Anthony A., David Hureau, and Christopher Winship. "Losing Faith? Police, Black Churches, and the Resurgence of Youth Violence in Boston." Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 6.1 (Fall 2008): 141-172.
Steinfeld, E., R. Lester, and E. Cunningham. "Power Plant Emissions: What the Sulfur Tells Us." China Economic Quarterly (September 2008).
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Picking a President." Democracy: A Journal of Ideas 10 (Fall 2008): 19-28.
Branscomb, Lewis M. "Research Is Not Enough." Science 321.5891 (August 2008): 915-916.
Duflo, Esther, Michael Greenstone, and Rema Hanna. "Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Rural Orissa." Economic and Political Weekly 43.32 (August 9, 2008).
Bobtcheff, Catherine, Christian Gollier, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Resource Allocation When Projects Have Ranges of Increasing Returns." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 37.1 (August 2008): 1-33.
Braga, Anthony A. "Pulling Levers Focused Deterrence Strategies and the Prevention of Gun Homicide." Journal of Criminal Justice 36.4 (August 2008): 332-343.
David G. Stevenson, Haiden A. Huskamp, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Medicare Part D and the Nursing Home Setting." The Gerontologist 48.4 (August 2008): 432-441.
Braga, Anthony A., and Brenda J. Bond. "Policing Crime and Disorder Hot Spots: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Criminology 46.3 (August 2008): 577-607.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Are Preferences Revealed?" Journal of Public Economics 92.8-9 (August 2008): 1787-1794.
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. "A Dime a Day: The Possibilities and Limits of Private Schooling in Pakistan." Comparative Education Review 52.3 (August 2008).
Western, Bruce. "Criminal Background Checks and Employment Among Workers with Criminal Records." Criminology & Public Policy 7.3 (August 2008): 413-417.
Marion, Justin, and Erich L. Muehlegger. "Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: A Study of Diesel Fuel Tax Evasion." Journal of Political Economy 116.4 (August 2008): 633-666.
Fung, Vicki, Ira B. Tager, Richard Brand, Joseph P. Newhouse, and John Hsu. "The Impact of Generic Only Drug Benefits on Patients' Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids in a Medicare Population with Asthma." BMC Health Services Research 8:151 (July 18, 2008).
Masoud, Tarek. "Islamist Parties: Are They Democrats? Does It Matter?" Journal of Democracy 19.3 (July 2008): 19-24.