For those papers unavailable here as downloadable pdf files, please contact the Taubman Center. Any requests received by the Center will be directed to the appropriate author(s). The below list is of working papers that have been published from 2000 and beyond. All articles published before 2000 are listed on our archive page.

Working Papers by Date | by Name of Primary Author

Recent Working Papers

 

Primary Author

Title

Date

Glaeser, Edward L., Matt Resseger and Kristina Tobio

Urban Inequality

2008

Glaeser, Edward L. and Matthew E. Kahn

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

2008

Glaeser, Edward L. and William R. Kerr

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

2008

Fagan, Mark

Introducing Competition into Natural Monopoly Industries: An Evaluation of Mandated Access to Australian Freight Railroads

2008

Piquet Carneiro, Leandro and Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida

Shaping the Local Political Arena in Federalist Brazil

2007

Glaeser, Edward L. and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto

Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?

2007

Cutler, David M., Edward L. Glaeser and Jacob L. Vigdor

When are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States

2007

Glaeser, Edward L. and Kristina Tobio

The Rise of the Sunbelt

2007

Singhal, Monica

Special Interest Groups and the Allocation of Public Funds

2006

 

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Piquet Carneiro, Leandro and Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida
Shaping the Local Political Arena in Federalist Brazil
2007

Primary Author

Title

Date

Baxandall, Phineas and Charles Euchner

Can CitiStat Work in Greater Boston?

2003

Behn, Robert D. and Elizabeth K. Keating

Facing the Fiscal Crisis in State Governments: National Problem; National Responsibilities

2004

Bel, Germà and Xavier Fageda

Getting There Fast: Globalization, Intercontinental Flights and Location of Headquarters

2005

 

Preventing Competition Because of “Solidarity”: Rhetoric and Reality of Airport Investments in Spain

2005

Berry, Christopher and Edward L. Glaeser

The Divergence of Human Capital Levels Across Cities

2005

Berry, Christopher

School Finance Judgments and Spending on Education: A Review of the Evidence

2005

Berry, Christopher and William Howell

School District Consolidation and Student Outcomes: Does Size Matter? Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Berry, Christopher

Retrospective Voting in Single Function Elections: School Boards, Test Scores and Incumbents' Electoral Fortunes Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Borins, Sandford

The Challenge of Innovating in Government

2001

Binz-Scharf, Maria C.

Bureaucratic Networks or Networked Bureaucracies? Knowledge Sharing in ICT-Enabled Innovation Projects National Center for Digital Government

2003

Briffault, Richard

The Local School District in American Law Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Campbell, David E.

Contextual Influences on Participation in Local and School Governance

2003

Campbell, David E., Martin West and Paul E. Peterson

Participation in a National Means-Tested School Voucher Program Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Coglianese, Cary

Trends in Voluntary Compliance

forthcoming

Donohue, Laura K.,
and Juliette Kayyem

The Rise of the Counterterrorist States. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2001

Donohue, Laura K.

Civil Liberties, Terrorism, and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from the United Kingdom. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2000

Esterling, Kevin M., David Lazer, and Michael Neblo

Is Necessity the Mother of Innovation? The Adoption and Use of New Web Technologies Among Congressional Offices National Center for Digital Government

2004

Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

A New National Priority: Enhancing Public Safety and Health Through Domestic Preparedness  
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2001

Fagan, Mark
Introducing Competition into Natural Monopoly Industries: An Evaluation of Mandated Access to Australian Freight Railroads
2008

Fagan, Mark and Jose Manuel Vassallo

Nature or Nurture: Why Do Railroads Carry Greater Freight Share in the United States Than in Europe?

2005

Falkenrath, Richard

Analytic Models and Policy Prescription: Understanding Recent Innovation in U.S. Counterterrorism. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2000

Falkenrath, Richard

The Problems of Preparedness: Challenges Facing the U.S. Domestic Preparedness Program. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2000

Fountain, Jane E.

Digital Government: A View From the States

forthcoming

Fountain, Jane E.

Information, Institutions and Governance: Advancing a Basic Social Science Research National Center for Digital Government

2003

Fountain, Jane E. and Robin McKinnon

NCDG E-Government Web Survey Results National Center for Digital Government

2003

Fountain, Jane E. with D. Clark, S. Gillett, W. Lehr, and M. Sirbu

Local Government Stimulation of Broadband: Effectiveness, E-Government, and Economic Development National Center for Digital Government

2003

Fraga, Luis, N. Rodriguex, B. A. Erlichson

Desegregation and School Board Politics: The Limits of Court-Imposed Policy Change Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Fung, Archon, Mary Graham, David Weil

The Political Economy of Transparency: What Makes Disclosure Policies Effective Ash Institute for Democracy and Innovation

2004

Fung, Archon,
Charles Sabel, and Dara O'Rourke

Ratcheting Labour Standards: How Open Competition Can Save Ethical Sourcing

2000

Glaeser, Edward L.

Urban Colossus: Why is New York America's Largest City?

2005

Glaeser, Edward L., David M. Cutler and Jacob L. Vigdor

Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation

2004

Glaeser, Edward L., Joseph Gyourko and Raven Saks

Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up?

2005

 

Urban Growth and Housing Supply

2005

Glaeser, Edward L. and Matthew E. Kahn

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

2008

Glaeser, Edward L. and William R. Kerr

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

2008

Glaeser, Edward L. and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto

Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?

2007

Glaeser, Edward L., Matt Resseger and Kristina Tobio

Urban Inequality

2008

Glaeser, Edward L. and Kristina Tobio

The Rise of the Sunbelt

2007

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A.

Railroad Reform: An Overview of the Options

2004

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A., Dominique Lorrain and Meg Osius

The Future of Private Infrastructure

2004

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A.

Deregulating Infrastructure: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 

2001

Greene, Jay P.

An Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program.
Program on Education Policy and Governance

2001

Greene, Jay P.

A Reply to "Critique of 'An Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program' by Gregory Camilli and Katrina Bulkley." Program on Education Policy and Governance

2001

Gyourko, Joseph and Joseph Tracy

Using Home Maintenance and Repairs to Smooth Variable Earnings

2005

Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government

Use IT for Strategic Innovation, Not Simply Tactical Automation

2001

Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government

Utilize Best Practices in Implementing IT Initiatives

2001

Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government

Focus on How IT Can Reshape Work and Public Sector Strategies

2000

Harvard Policy Group on Network-Enabled Services and Government

Guidelines for the 2000 Election and Beyond.  Program on Strategic Computing and Telecommunications in the Public Sector

2000

Hassel, Bryan,
and Lucy Steiner

Strategies for Scale: Learning from Two Educational Innovations. Program on Innovations in American Government

2000

Hess, Frederick M. and D. Leal

School House Politics: Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School Board Elections Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Howell, William G.,
and Paul E. Peterson

 

School Choice in Dayton, Ohio: An Evaluation After One Year. Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Howitt, Arnold M. Rui Wang, Jonathan Makler, and Carlos Lo.

Regulating Motor Vehicle Pollution in China: Policies and Implementation in the Pearl River Delta Region.

2004

Hoxby, Caroline M.

A Straightforward Comparison of Charter Schools and
Regular Public Schools in the United States
HIER Working Paper

2004

Hoxby, Caroline M.

Achievement in Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the United States: Understanding the Differences

2004

Hoxby, Caroline M. and Jonah Rockoff

The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement HIER Paper

2004

Hoxby, Caroline, Christopher Avery, Mark Glickman, and Andrew Metrick

A Revealed Preference Ranking of American Colleges and Universities. NBER Working Paper 10803

2004

Hoxby, Caroline M. with Nora Gordon

Achievement Effects of Bilingual Education vs. English Immersion: Evidence from California's Proposition 227 HIER Paper

2004

Hoxby, Caroline M. and Ilyana Kuziemko

Robin Hood and His Not So Merry Plan NBER Working Paper 10722

2004

Jacob, Brian with Julie Cullen and Steven Levitt

The Effect of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries NBER Working Paper 10113

2003

Kayyem, Juliette N.

U.S. Preparations for Biological Terrorism: Legal Limitations and the Need for Planning. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2001

Koblentz, Gregory D.

Overview of Federal Programs to Enhance State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism with Weapons of Mass Destruction. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2001

Kohnen, Anne

Responding to the Threat of Agroterrorism: Specific Recommendations for the United States Department of Agriculture
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2000

Leonard, Herman (Dutch)
and Jay Walder

The Federal Budget and the States:Fiscal Year 1999

2000

Levitt, James N.

Conservation Innovation in America: Past, Present and Future Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation

2003

Luberoff, David

Civic Leadership and the Big Dig

2004

Marschall, Melissa

Minority Representation and Local School Boards Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Meier, Kenneth J.

Electoral Structure and the Quality of Representation: The Policy Consequences of School Board Elections Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Merari, Ariel  

Israel's Preparedness for High Consequence Terrorism.
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2000

Mossberger, Karen, and Caroline J. Tolbert.

Race, Place, and Information Technology National Center for Digital Government,

2003

Nechyba, Thomas J.

Mobilizing the Private Sector: A Theoretical Overview

2005

Peterson, Paul,
David Campbell, and Martin West

An Evaluation of the Basic Fund Scholarship Program in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Program on Education Policy and Governance

2001

Peterson, Paul
David Myers, Daniel Mayer,
Julia Chou, and William Howell

School Choice in New York City After Two Years: An Evaluation of the School Choice Scholarships Program.
Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Peterson, Paul,
Patrick Wolf, and William Howell

School Choice in Washington. DC: An Evaluation After One Year. Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Peterson, Paul
and William Howell

 Latest Results from the New York City Voucher Experiment Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Peterson, Paul
and William Howell

 School Choice in Dayton, Ohio: An Evaluation After One Year. Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Peterson, Paul

The Effect of School Vouchers on Student Achievement: A Response to Critics. Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Peterson, Paul,
Patrick Wolf, William Howell, and David Campbell

Test-Score Effect of School Vouchers in Dayton, Ohio, New York City, and Washington, D.C.  Evidence of Randomized Field Trials.
Program on Education Policy and Governance

2000

Podgursky, Michael

Is Teacher Pay "Adequate"?

2005

Putnam, Robert D.

Who Bridges, Who Bonds? Findings From the Social Capital Benchmark Survey Saguaro Seminar

forthcoming

Reed, Douglas

Whither Localism? No Child Left Behind and the Local Politics of Federal Education Reform Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Richmond, Jonathan

The Private Provision of Public Transport

2000

Roberts, Steven E.

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2003

Sander, Thomas

E-associations? Using Technology to Connect Citizens: The Case of Meetup.com

2005

Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America 

Better Together  

2000

Schneider, Mark

The Market for Hamburgers Is Simple Compared to the Market for Charter Schools: McDonalds, Burger King, and Local School Boards Program on Education Policy and Governance

2003

Selian, Audrey and Kenneth Neil Cukier

The World vs. The Web: The UN’s Politicization of the Information Society National Center for Digital Government

2004

Sellers, Jefferey 

Policies, Markets and Urban Governance in the New Europe

forthcoming

Singhal, Monica

Special Interest Groups and the Allocation of Public Funds

2006

Smith, Jay

A Changing of the Guard: The U.S. National Guard and Homeland Defense Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness

2003

Stuart, Guy

Bringing Space Back In: Measures of Segregation Along Three Dimensions and across Multiple Units of Analysis

2004

Stuart, Guy

Boston at the Crossroads: Racial Trends in the Metropolitan Area in the 1990s and Beyond

2004

Stuart, Guy

The Social Production of Color Lines: Interrogating the Spatial Manifestation of Color Lines in Four Metropolitan Areas

2003

Stuart, Guy

Segregation in the Boston Metropolitan Area at the end of the 20th Century 

2000

West, Martin R., and Ludger Woessmann