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
Jena, Anupam B., Seth Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra. "Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty." New England Journal of Medicine 365.7 (August 2011): 629-636.
Lee, Henry, and Grant Lovellette. "Will Electric Cars Transform the U.S. Market?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-032, August 2011.
Campbell, David E. and Robert D.Putnam. "Crashing the Tea Party." New York Times, August 17, 2011.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Engines of Innovation." Scientific American. August 17, 2011.
Baggetta, Matthew, Chaeyoon Lim, Marshall Ganz, Hahrie Han, and Kenneth Andrews. "Learning Civic Leadership: Leader Skill Development in the Sierra Club." Interest Group Politics. Ed. Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis. CQ Press, 2011, 110-138.
Walt, Stephen. "International Affairs and the Public Sphere." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-030, August 2011.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Iraqi Politics and Implications for Oil and Energy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-031, August 2011.
Clark, William C., Thomas P. Tomich, Meine van Noordwijk, David Guston, Delia Catacutan, Nancy M. Dickson, and Elizabeth McNie. "Boundary Work for Sustainable Development: Natural Resource Management at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (August 15, 2011): published online.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Free the FAA." Boston Globe, August 15, 2011.
Perkins, Dwight H. "History, Politics and 30 Years of Development and Reform." Reform and Development in China: What Can China Offer the Developing World. Ed. Yang Yao, and Ho-Mou Wu. Routledge, 2011, 45-70.
Gergen, David. "Five Things Obama Should Do to Lead." CNN.com, August 12, 2011.
Campbell, David E., and Robert D. Putnam. "Islam and American Tolerance." Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2011.
Toft, Monica Duffy. "The Dangers of Secularism in the Middle East." Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2011.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman. "The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions." Rand Corporation and NBER Working Papers (WR800 and 17345), 2011.
Kelman, Steven. "How Agencies Can Cut Contracting Costs." Federal Computer Week, August 9, 2011.
Hunt, Swanee. "Buyers of Sex Must be Held Accountable." Boston Globe, August 8, 2011.
Peterson, Paul E. "Do We Really Need to Spend More on Schools?" Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2011.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Right Way to Trim." New York Times, August 4, 2011.
Bryan, Christopher J., Gregory M. Walton, Todd Rogers, and Carol S. Dweck. "Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.31 (August 2011): 12653-12656.
Summers, Lawrence H. "Moving Forward After the Debt Deal." Washington Post, August 2, 2011.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "To Exit Afghanistan, We Should Say We’ll Stay." Bloomberg View, August 2, 2011.
Wilson, William Julius. "Reflections on a Sociological Career that Integrates Social Science with Social Policy." Annual Review of Sociology 37 (August 2011): 1-18.
Chaddha, Anmol, and William Julius Wilson. "Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire." Critical Inquiry 38.1 (Autumn 2011).
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Growth in Asean, China and India: Implications for the Rest of the World." Paper prepared for the Asian Development Bank Study, "Role of Key Emerging Economies--ASEAN, PRC, and India--for a Balanced, Sustainable, and Resilient Asia", August 2011.
Western, Bruce, and Jake Rosenfeld. "Unions, Norms, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality." American Sociological Review 76.4 (August 2011): 513-537.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "Assessing the Effects of Tobacco Policy Changes on Smoking-Related Health Expenditures." After Tobacco: What Would Happen if Americans Stopped Smoking? Ed. Peter Bearman, Kathryn Neckerman, and Leslie Wright. Columbia University Press, 2011, 256-289.
Campante, Filipe R. "Redistribution in a Model of Voting and Campaign Contributions." Journal of Public Economics 95.7-8 (August 2011): 646-656.
Carnevale, Jessica J., Yoel Inbar, and Jennifer S. Lerner. "Individual Differences in Need for Cognition and Decision-Making Competence among Leaders." Personality and Individual Differences 51.3 (August 2011): 274-278.
Choi, James J., David Laibson, and Brigitte Madrian. "$100 Bills on the Sidewalk: Violations of No-Arbitrage in 401(k) Accounts." The Review of Economics and Statistics 93.3 (August 2011): 748-763.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Balanced Budget Suddenly Looks More Appealing." Bloomberg View, August 1, 2011.
Mansbridge, Jane. "Clarifying the Concept of Representation." American Political Science Review 105.3 (August 2011): 621-630.
Kamm, Frances. Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture & War. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Chenoweth, Erica, and Maria J. Stephan. Why Civil Resistance Works. Columbia University Press, 2011.
Siddiqi, Afreen, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "The Water-Energy Nexus in Middle East and North Africa." Energy Policy 39.6 (August 2011): 4529-4540.
Dreber, Anna, David G. Rand, Nils Wernerfelt, Justin R. Garcia, Miguel G. Vilar, J. Koji Lum, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Dopamine and Risk Choices in Different Domains: Findings Among Serious Tournament Bridge Players." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 43.1 (2011): 19-38.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Cities, Productivity, and Quality of Life." Science 333.6042 (July 2011): 592-594.
Bilmes, Linda J. "What the U.S. Government Can Learn from Business." Harvard Business Review, July 29, 2011.
Juma, Calestous. "The African Summer." Foreign Policy, July 28, 2011.
Nelson, Timothy. "Transformations: The Social Construction of Religious Ritual." Understanding Religious Ritual: Theoretical Approaches and Innovations. Ed. John P. Hoffmann. Routledge, 2011.
Bourreau, Marc, Carlo Cambini, and Pinar Dogan. "Access Pricing, Competition, and Incentives to Migrate From "Old" to "New" Technology." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-029, July 2011.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Economics of Medical Care." Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Ed. Dan L. Longo, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, J. Larry Jameson, and Joseph Loscalzo. McGraw Hill, 2011, e3.
Gergen, David. "No Way to Run a Country." CNN.com, July 21, 2011.
Walt, Stephen. "International Affairs and the Public Sphere." Institute for Public Knowledge, July 21,2011.
Avery, Christopher, Judith Chevalier, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-028, July 2011.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Another Overhyped Challenge to U.S. Power." Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2011.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Boeing’s Uniquely American Right to Take Flight." Bloomberg View, July 19, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options, for Commodity Exporters in Latin America." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-027, July 2011.
Gergen, David. "Is Washington Slouching Toward a Solution?" CNN.com, July 26, 2011.
Walt, Stephen. "Nationalism Rules." Foreign Policy, July 15, 2011.
Gergen, David. "Time for a Truce on Debt-Ceiling Talks." CNN.com, July 14, 2011.