In past recessions, as income and confidence rebounded, consumers segued rapidly back from the Salvation Army to Saks. But this recession…
We developed a “continual engagement” model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of…
The great social psychologist Kurt Lewin once said, “There’s nothing so practical as a good theory.” I would add to this aphorism another…
The notion of a “resource curse” has been most commonly applied in explaining why many countries apparently blessed with abundant reserves…
Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster, whether that disaster is natural or man…
This paper explores the question of how to reconcile both countries' need for economic advancement, which is increasingly intertwined, with…
China issued its first Fuel Economy Standards (FES) for light-duty passenger vehicles (LDPV) in September 2004, and the first and second…
Female education levels are very low in many developing countries.
Does maternal education have a causal impact on children's…
There is a low but uncertain probability that climate change could trigger “mega-catastrophes,” severe and at least partly irreversible…