Autumn 2010

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Behavior The Importance of Being Grossed Out Faculty Researchers: Jennifer Lerner and Richard Zeckhauser Studying disgust yields surprising results on the strength of the emotion and its implications for policy makers. More »

ClimateShaping Climate Policy After Kyoto Faculty Researcher: Robert Stavins In taking on a problem like global warming, “we may have to settle for less than perfection and go with something that works." More » Across the School Research Briefs A sample of recent research and writings from HKS faculty, including William Julius Wilson on the academic value of the HBO series The Wire, and Erich Muehlegger on how we get around sin taxes. More »

Security The Best Way to End a Civil War Faculty Researcher: Monica Toft A careful study of civil wars finds that military victories, and especially those won by rebel groups, produce a more lasting peace than negotiated settlements. More » Governance Exaggerating the Importance of Good Governance Faculty Researcher: Merilee Grindle Good governance is an idea that, while useful, has become inflated to the point of clouding thinking about development. More »

Development An Island Nation With Poor PortsResearch: Ash Center Indonesia is changing, but its neighbor's dynamic economies are changing faster. An Ash Center report looks at the island nation 10 years after political reform. More » Poverty Studying the Global Recession in the Shadows of the Economy Faculty Researcher: Martha Chen A new report shines a light on the largely unexplored world of the informal economy and finds that the global economic crisis, put simply, has made the poorest poorer still. More »