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Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.
Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

Electronic stock ticker board with numbers and arabic letters.
Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

Several hands of team members covering one another in a huddle above a work table.
Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

Dollars and Euros piled on top of one another.
Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance

Rodrik, Dani. "How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance." Journal of Government and Economics 13 (Spring 2024).

On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia

Hausmann, Ricardo, Ulrich Schetter, and Muhammed A. Yildirim. "On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia." Economic Policy (22 January 2024).

How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World

Rodrik, Dani, and Stephen Walt. "How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World." Foreign Affairs 101.5 (September/October 2022): 142-155.

Rebalancing globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Rebalancing globalization." Esprit 3 (March 2022): 37-47.

Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development

O’Clery, Neave, Muhammed Ali Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development." Nature Communications 12.1 (March 2021): 1479.

Systematic Managed Floating

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Systematic Managed Floating." Open Economies Review 30.2 (April 2019): 255-295.

Populism and the Economics of Globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Populism and the Economics of Globalization." Journal of International Business Policy 1.1-2 (June 2018): 12-33.

What Do Trade Agreements Really Do?

Rodrik, Dani. "What Do Trade Agreements Really Do?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 32.2 (Spring 2018): 73-90.

Rebalancing Globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Rebalancing Globalization." The Milken Institute Review (Fourth Quarter 2017).

Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and ‘Precarity’

Rogan, Michael, Sally Roever, Martha Alter Chen, and Françoise Carre. "Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and ‘Precarity’." Research on the Sociology of Work 31 (Precarious Work) (2017).

China Is Not Yet Number One

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "China Is Not Yet Number One." Frontiers of Economics in China 10.1 (March 2015): 1-6.

Pooling Risk Among Countries

Callen, Michael, Jean Imbs, and Paolo Mauro. "Pooling Risk Among Countries." Journal of International Economics (January 2015).

Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Effects of Speculation and Interest Rates in a 'Carry Trade' Model of Commodity Prices." Journal of International Money and Finance 42 (April 2014): 88-112.

Critical Fairness in Practice: A Social Notice of Aaron James, Contract for a Global Economy

Risse, Mathias, and Gabriel Wollner. "Critical Fairness in Practice: A Social Notice of Aaron James, Contract for a Global Economy." Canadian Journal of Philosophy 43.3 (2013): 382-401.

How Should Sub-Saharan African Countries Think about Global Value Chains?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "How Should Sub-Saharan African Countries Think about Global Value Chains?" Bridges Africa Review 2.1 (March 2013): 12-16.

Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography-Who Needs the Nation-State?

Rodrik, Dani. "Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography-Who Needs the Nation-State?" Economic Geography 89.1 (January 2013): 1-19.

The Dynamics of Nestedness Predicts the Evolution of Industrial Ecosystems

Bustos, Sebastián, Charles Gomez, Ricardo Hausmann, and César A. Hidalgo,. "The Dynamics of Nestedness Predicts the Evolution of Industrial Ecosystems." PLoS ONE 7.11 (November 2012): 1-8.

Internationalization of the RMB and Historical Precedents

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Internationalization of the RMB and Historical Precedents." Journal of Economic Integration 27.3 (September 2012): 329-365.

Empirical Confirmation of Creative Destruction from World Trade Data

Klimek, Peter, Ricardo Hausmann, and Stefan Thurner. "Empirical Confirmation of Creative Destruction from World Trade Data." PLoS ONE 7.6 (June 18, 2012): e38924.

Economic Shocks and International Politics

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Economic Shocks and International Politics." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 54.3 (June/July 2012): 29–46.

Product Price Targeting -- A New Improved Way of Inflation Targeting

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Product Price Targeting -- A New Improved Way of Inflation Targeting." Macroeconomic Review XI.1 (April 2012): 78-81.

What Small Countries Can Teach the World

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "What Small Countries Can Teach the World." Business Economics 47 (2012): 97–103.

A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Product Price Targeting and Other Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity Exporters in Latin America." Economia 12.1 (Fall 2011).

Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa

Reid, R.S., Nkedianye, D., Said, M.Y., Kaelo, D., Neselle, M., Makui, O., Onetu, L., Kiruswa, S., Kamuaro, N.O., Kristjanson, P., Ogutu, J., BurnSilver, S.B., Goldman, M.J., Boone, R.B., Galvin, K.A., Dickson, N.M. & Clark, W.C. "Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (November 2009).

The Building Blocks of Economic Complexity

Hidalgo, César A., and Ricardo Hausmann. "The Building Blocks of Economic Complexity." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.26 (June 30, 2009): 10570-10575.

Why Did Financial Globalization Disappoint?

Rodrik, Dani, and Arvind Subramanian. "Why Did Financial Globalization Disappoint?" IMF Staff Papers 56.1 (2009): 112-138.

South Africa's Export Predicament: Erratum

Hausmann, Ricardo, and Bailey Klinger. "South Africa's Export Predicament: Erratum." Economics of Transition 17.1 (2009): 211-212.