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
Zelleke, Andy, and Robert Dujarric. "Don't Define Strategy Too Narrowly in Afghanistan." Real Clear World, October 9, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Rolling the Dice on Wasteful Home Subsidies." Boston Globe, October 3, 2009.
Stavins, Robert N. "A Portfolio of Domestic Commitments: Implementing Common but Differentiated Responsibilities." Carbon Market North America. October 3, 2009.
Bane, Mary Jo, and René Zenteno, eds. Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in North America. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, 2009.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, eds. The Global Gender Gap Report. World Economic Forum, 2009.
Zeckhauser, Richard. Effective Agency, Individual Involvement and Default Choices. The Future of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing: The Retirement Phase. Ed. Zvi Bodie, Laurence B. Siegel, and Rodney N. Sullivan. Research Foundation of CFA Institute, 2009.
Burns, Nicholas. "Obama's Opportunity in Iran." Boston Globe, October 1, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L., Matt Resseger, and Kristina Tobio. "Inequality in Cities." Journal of Regional Science 49.4 (October 2009): 617-646.
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. New Estimation of the Renminbi Regime. China's Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities. Ed. James R. Barth, Glenn Yago, and John A. Tatom. Springer, October 2009.
Mastrofski, Stephen, David L. Weisburd, and Anthony A. Braga. Rethinking Policing: The Policy Implications of Hot Spots of Crime. Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Policy. Ed. Natasha Frost, Todd Clear, and Joshua Freilich. Cengage Learning, 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.
Western, Bruce. "Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment." American Sociological Review 74.5 (October 2009): 777-799.
Olken, Benjamin A., and Monica Singhal. "Informal Taxation." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-033, October 2009.
Behn, Robert. "Simple Strategies Drive Out the Subtle." Bob Behn's Performance Leadership Report. 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.
Ruzmetov, Dmitry, Gokul Gopalakrishnan, Jiangdong Deng, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, and Shriram Ramanathan. "Electrical Triggering of Metal-Insulator Transition in Nanoscale Vanadium Oxide Junctions." Journal of Applied Physics 106.8 (October 2009): 083702-083702-5.
Kamm, Frances. In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality. Conversations on Ethics. Ed. Alex Voorhoeve. Oxford University Press, 2009, 15-42.
Kelman, Steven, and John N. Friedman. "Performance Improvement and Performance Dysfunction: An Empirical Examination of Distortionary Impacts of the Emergency Room Wait-Time Target in the English National Health Service." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 19.4 (October 2009): 917-947.
McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Barack Obama: America’s First Gay President?" Huffington Post, October 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?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-031, September 2009.
Kelman, Steven. "The Case for Pay for Performance." Federal Computer Week. September 23, 2009.
Kamarck, Elaine. "Gore's Carbon Tax Makes Good Sense." Politico, September 23, 2009.
Stavins, Robert N. "Can Countries Cut Carbon Emissions Without Hurting Economic Growth? Yes, the Transition Can be Gradual B and Affordable." Wall Street Journal, September 21, 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.
Olmstead, Sheila, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Essential Pillars of a New Climate Pact." Boston Globe, September 20, 2009.
Walt, Stephen. "Settling for Failure in the Middle East." Washington Post, September 20, 2009.
Rotberg, Robert I. "The US Must Help Rebuild Somalia." Boston Globe, September 19, 2009.
Frank, Richard G., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Health Insurance Exchanges — Making the Markets Work." New England Journal of Medicine 361 (September 2009): 1135-1137.
Rodrik, Dani. "No Longer Taboo - A Global Tax on Financial Transactions." Daily Star (Lebanon), September 17, 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.
Neblo, Michael, Kevin Esterling, Ryan Kennedy, David Lazer, and Anand Sokhey. "Who Wants to Deliberate - and Why?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-027, September 2009.
Baum, Matthew A., and Henry R. Nau. "Foreign Policy Views and U.S Standing in the World." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-028, September 2009.
Esterling, Kevin, David Lazer, and Michael Neblo. "Explaining the Diffusion of Web-Based Communication Technology among Congressional Offices: A Natural Experiment using State Delegations." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-029, September 2009.
Juma, Calestous. "New Africa Broadband 'Ready'." BBC News, September 16, 2009.
Stewart, Rory. "The Future in Afghanistan." Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, U.S. Senate, September 16, 2009.
Norris, Pippa, and Mona Lena Krook. "One of Us: Multilevel Models Examining the Impact of Descriptive Representation on Civic Engagement." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-030, September 2009.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Net Value of Health Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, 1997 to 2005." Annals of Internal Medicine 151.6 (September 15, 2009): 386-393.
Juma, Calestous. "Climate Change a Stumbling Block to Africa's Economies." Daily Nation (Kenya), September 15, 2009.
Eggleston, Karen, Nilay D. Shah, Steven A. Smith, Amy E. Wagie, Arthur R. Williams, Jerome H. Grossman, Ernst R. Berndt, Kirsten Hall Long, Ritesh Bannerjee, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Net Value of Health Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, 1997 to 2005." Annals of Internal Medicine 151.6 (September 2009): 386-W127.
Yi, Wei, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Hong Lu, Michael A. Scarpulla, Arthur C. Gossard, Yong Huang, Jae-Hyun Ryou, and Russell D. Dupuis. "Bandgap and Band Offsets Determination of Semiconductor Heterostructures Using Three-Terminal Ballistic Carrier Spectroscopy." Applied Physics Letters 95.11 (September 14, 2009): p112102-112105.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "American Power in the 21st Century." Korea Times, September 14, 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.
Kelman, Steven. "How Contractors Can Help Agencies Save Money." Federal Computer Week. September 10, 2009.
Peterson, Paul E. "What the Public Thinks of Public Schools." Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "What a City Needs." Review of Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City, by Anthony Flint. New Republic, 240.16, September 9, 2009: 42-45.
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.