In this working paper, Stephen Goldsmith and Ryan Streeter argue that the Republican Party is philosophically adrift, and it has been for a…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other U.S. trade partners…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…
The word “rudderless” was used frequently to describe the Republican Party during the raucous battle for House speaker last month. But don’…
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
Lotem Bassan-Nygate is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Her research lies…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
What impact do mass civil society groups have on public policy? We study this issue by analyzing opposition to national prohibition by…
Committee formation in early American legislatures happened when those assemblies were inundated with petitions, a relationship unexamined…