A broad array of law enforcement strategies, from income tax to bank regulation, involve self-reporting by regulated agents and auditing of…
As thin as the gossamer of thought and as thick as the successful entrepreneur's bankroll, the concept of intellectual property (IP)…
Appearing a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Truly Disadvantaged, this article critically reflects on some…
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, DC, Professor Burns lauds…
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered…
Much of the current scholarship on wartime violence, including studies of the combatants themselves, assumes that women are victims and men…
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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
Professor Burns reflects on recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with voting rights and same-sex marriage.
"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do…