This paper documents the existence of a “Formality Effect” in government communications. Across three online studies and three field…
Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs…
City governments are at the forefront of public problem-solving. As they deliver services to residents and work to tackle complex social…
In this working paper, Stephen Goldsmith and Ryan Streeter argue that the Republican Party is philosophically adrift, and it has been for a…
How public, for-profit, and civic organizations working to address the same city-wide social challenge can find a common starting point.
Industrial policy has for a long time raised difficult questions for policymakers to unpick. What justifications are there for government…
In the spring of 2023, the Data-Smart City Solutions team at the Harvard Kennedy School (vlog) hosted 30 large-city chiefs of staff at the…
In 2018, far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro came to power in Brazil by building a socially and geographically heterogeneous electoral…
I argue (like others before me) that the translation of evidence into policy is in itself a behavioral question with three major barriers…
There is clear evidence that the prevalence of negative media reporting has increased substantially over the past years. There is evidence…