Some footnotes to Super Tuesday after a night that never ended:
-- Mitt Romney's narrow victory in Ohio inevitably brought back memories…
Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker says the answer is “…
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an “evaluation nudge,” in which people…
We consider an unregulated incumbent who owns a broadband infrastructure and decides on how much access to provide to a potential entrant.…
Agent-based Modeling of the Effects of Social Norms on Enrollment in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and…
Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with automobile use, to reduce dependency on foreign oil, and to raise…
One of the most-pervasive debates in literature on managing people is whether using “hard” or “soft” approaches produces better…
Looking for novel solutions to public policy problems? You could check the high-end think tanks in the U.S. or Britain, maybe research from…
It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance…
President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday of a six-year, $476 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, as part of his…