The plight of the middle class is shaping up to be a focus of the 2012 presidential campaign. This is as it should be, given the struggles…
The transportation of toxic inhalant hazards (TIH), primarily chorine gas and anhydrous ammonia, is a major concern for policy makers as it…
In a previous essay – following the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
The essay discusses the negative effects of the politicization of
religion in the U.S. The authors note that modern U.S. partisan…
Since the end of the Cold War, security studies have broadened to take into account a wide range of non-military threats ranging from…
We consider an unregulated incumbent who owns a broadband infrastructure and decides on how much access to provide to a potential entrant.…
Agent-based Modeling of the Effects of Social Norms on Enrollment in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and…
One of the refreshing aspects of Christopher Layne’s work over the years has been his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. But now…
Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls' career aspirations and…
Climate change is more uncertain, more
global, and more long-term than most issues facing humanity. This
trifecta makes a policy…