The current crisis of democracy has many causes. The one I discuss here is the inability of our democratic institutions -- and our…
This address advances three ideas. First, political science as a discipline has a mandate to help human beings govern themselves. Second,…
Behavioral science is increasingly being used to develop interventions to influence important behaviors throughout society. We explore…
Elinor Ostrom did not argue that state action is antithetical to local knowledge and effective organization. She argued, to the contrary,…
After Iraq and Afghanistan, the US appetite for foreign interventions is about as low as it’s ever been. Many Americans are frustrated that…
Book abstract: The need to understand the theories and applications of economic and finance risk has been clear to everyone since the…
We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in Afghanistan combining: (i) a two-part experimental…
We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effect of extrinsic rewards, both financial and non-financial, on the performance of agents…