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
Rotberg, Robert I. "Governance and Leadership in Africa: Measures, Methods and Results." Journal of International Affairs 62.2 (Spring/Summer 2009): 113-126.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Addressing the Leakage/Competitiveness Issue In Climate Change Policy Proposals." WCFIA Working Paper 4792, April 2009.
Behn, Robert. "Sometimes Weird Works." Bob Behn's Public Management Report. April 2009.
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.
Toft, Monica Duffy. "Nasty, Brutish and Long." Prospect Magazine. April 2009.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?" NBER Working Papers, April 2009.
Ganz, Marshall. Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Saich, Anthony. Review of China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation, by David Shambaugh Political Science Quarterly, 124.1, Spring 2009: 200-201.
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.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. Soft Power and Smart Power. The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose. Ed. Kurt Campbell and Jonathon Price. Aspen Strategy Group, 2009, 29-35.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S., and Brent Scowcroft. Foreword. The Instruments & Institutions of American Purpose. Ed. Kurt Campbell and Jonathon Price. Aspen Strategy Group, 2009, 13-17.
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.
Parker, Richard. "Plan Unsaddles U.S. Business from Health Care Cost Burdens." McClatchy News, March 30, 2009.
Allison, Graham. "The Real Afghan Issue is Pakistan." Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009.
Beshears, John, James Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals’ Mutual Fund Choices?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-016, March 2009.
Kelman, Steven. "Agencies Have an Opportunity to Attract Young, Energetic Employees." Federal Computer Week. March 26, 2009.
Rotberg, Robert I. "China's Grand Bargain." Boston Globe, March 26, 2009.
Ruggie, John Gerard. "Protect, Respect and Remedy: The United Nations Framework for Business and Human Rights." Report presented at the American Society of International Law, Proceedings, 103rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 25-28, 2009.
Norris, Pippa. Going Global: New Challenges and Opportunities in Research on Democratic Participation and the Civic Culture. The Future of Political Science. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 140-142.
Mansbridge, Jane. On the Free Rider Problem. The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 217-219.
Thompson, Dennis F. To Participate or Deliberate-Is that the Question? The Future of Political Science. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 207-209.
Jencks, Christopher. Does Rising Economic Inequality Matter? The Future of Political Science. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 115-117.
Peterson, Paul E. The Emerging Field of Education Policy. The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 227-230.
Putnam, Robert D. Is America Becoming a More Class-Based Society? The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives. Ed. Gary King, Kay Schlozman, and Norman Nie. Routledge, 2009, 158-159.
Allison, Graham. "How to Keep the Bomb From Terrorists." Newsweek. March 23, 2009.
Dujarric, Robert, and Andy Zelleke. "Wanted: Elected Leaders with International Experience." Christian Science Monitor, March 23, 2009.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. The Question of Relevance. The Future of Political Science. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 252-254.
Perkins, Dwight H. "An Outsider’s View of China’s Actual and Potential Stimulus Plans." Paper prepared for 2009 China Development Forum, Beijing, March 21-23, 2009.
Stewart, Rory. "What Worked in Iraq Won't Help Afghanistan." Times Online, March 17, 2009.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Making Credit Good Again." Los Angeles Times. March 17, 2009.
Culpepper, Pepper D. "How to Succeed in Regulating Business." The New Republic. March 17, 2009.
Peterson, Paul E. "Sustaining Progress in Times of Fiscal Crisis." Report Commissioned by Florida State Board of Education, March 16, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Build More Skyscrapers." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 15, 2009.
Bali, Namrata, Kaushik Basu, Suman Bery, Haroon Bhorat, Françoise Carré, Martha Chen, Gary Fields, Ravi Kanbur, Santiago Levy, Francie Lund, Jeemol Unni and Imraan Valodia. "Informal Sector and Social Policy: Compendium of Personal and Technical Reflections. Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Program." WIEGO, March 2009.
Rodrik, Dani. "Blame the Economists, Not Economics." Guatemala Times, March 12, 2009.
Rodrik, Dani. "A Plan B for Global Finance." The Economist. March 12, 2009.
Parker, Richard. "Government Beyond Obama?" Review of The Case for Big Government, by Jeff Madrick New York Review of Books, 56.4, March 12, 2009: 38-41.
Kaiser, Karl. Europas Rolle in der Welt neu denken. Für Roman Herzog: Vernunft und Politik im 21. Jahrhundert. Ed. Hertie-Foundation. Hoffmann und Campe, 2009, 177-188.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Networked Leaders." Guatemala Times, March 10, 2009.
Bilmes, Linda J., and W. Scott Gould. The People Factor: Strengthening America By Investing in Public Service. Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Goldsmith, Stephen, and John Bridgeland. "Good Works in Hard Times." Washington Times, March 9, 2009.
Wilson, William Julius. More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City. W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2009.
Kalt, Joseph P. "Toward a Comprehensive Indian Water Rights Settlement: Economic and Public Policy Analysis of the Proposed Western Navajo Pipeline and the Leupp-Dilkon and Ganado Groundwater Projects." Report for the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, March 6, 2009.
Kelman, Steven, and Stan Soloway. "Performance and Accountability." Washington Times, March 6, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Building Walls with U.S. Trading Partners." Boston Globe, March 6, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "California's Green Meanies." Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2009.
Allison, Graham. Keeping China and the U.S. Together. Power and Restraint: A Shared Vision for the US-China Relationship. Ed. Richard Rosecrance and Gu Guoliang. PublicAffairs, 2009, 137-152.
Zhiya, Chen, and Ashton B. Carter. Stability in U.S.–China Military Relations. Power and Restraint: A Shared Vision for the US-China Relationship. Ed. Richard Rosecrance and Gu Guoliang. PublicAffairs, 2009.