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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

Checkbook Elections: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective

Norris, Pippa, Andrea Abel Van Es, and Lisa Fennis. "Checkbook Elections: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective." Electoral Integrity Project, July 2015.

The Great Divergence: The Death Penalty in the United States and the Failure of Abolition in Transatlantic Perspective

Temkin, Moshik. "The Great Divergence: The Death Penalty in the United States and the Failure of Abolition in Transatlantic Perspective." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-037, July 2015.

Why is Chiapas Poor?

Levy, Dan, Ricardo Hausmann, Miguel Angel Santos, Luis Espinoza, and Miguel Flores. "Why is Chiapas Poor?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-049, July 2015.

The Energy Implications of a Nuclear Deal between the P5+1 and Iran

O'Sullivan, Meghan. "The Energy Implications of a Nuclear Deal between the P5+1 and Iran." The Geopolitics of Energy Project, July 2015.

The Deal Is Historic, but the Us Must Now Act to Contain Iran

Burns, Nicholas. "The Deal Is Historic, but the Us Must Now Act to Contain Iran." Financial Times, July 14, 2015.

Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

Burns, Nicholas. "Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran." United States House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 14, 2015.

The Antecedents and Aftermath of Financial Crises as Told by Carlos F. Díaz Alejandro

Reinhart, Carmen. "The Antecedents and Aftermath of Financial Crises as Told by Carlos F. Díaz Alejandro." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-035, July 2015.

Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the Margins to the Centre

Chen, Martha. "Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the Margins to the Centre." Review of Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the Margins to the Centre, by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui. Gender & Development, 23.2, July 2015: 394-397.

Syria’s Worsening Refugee Crisis Demands Action from the West

Burns, Nicholas and David Miliband. "Syria’s Worsening Refugee Crisis Demands Action from the West." Washington Post, July 10, 2015.

Climate Policy: Steps to China's Carbon Peak

Liu, Zhu, Dabo Guan, Scott Moore, Henry Lee, Jun Su, and Qiang Zhang. "Climate Policy: Steps to China's Carbon Peak." Nature 522.7556 (June 2015): 279-281.

The Euro Crisis: Where to from Here?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Euro Crisis: Where to from Here?" Journal of Policy Modeling 37.3 (May/June 2015): 428-444.

Value Subtraction in Public
Sector Production: Accounting
Versus Economic Cost of
Primary Schooling in India

Pritchett, Lant, and Yamini Aiyar. "Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting Versus Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-027, June 2015.

The Governance and Politics of China

Saich, Anthony. The Governance and Politics of China, 4th edition. Palgrave, 2015.

Personalities and Public Sector
Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan

Callen, Michael, Saad Gulzar, Ali Hasanain, Yasir Khan, and Arman Rezaee. "Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-023, May 2015.

Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-024, May 2015.

Malcolm X in France, 1964-1965: Anti-Imperialism and Border Control in the Cold War Era

Temkin, Moshik. "Malcolm X in France, 1964-1965: Anti-Imperialism and Border Control in the Cold War Era." Decolonization and the Cold War: Negotiating Independence. Ed. Leslie James, and Elisabeth Leake. Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Greece on the Razor's Edge

Parker, Richard. "Greece on the Razor's Edge." The American Prospect. April 22, 2015.

Ethnic Complementarities After
the Opening of China: How
Chinese Graduate Students
Affected the Productivity of
Their Advisors

Borjas, George, Kirk B. Doran, and Ying Shen. "Ethnic Complementarities After the Opening of China: How Chinese Graduate Students Affected the Productivity of Their Advisors." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-020, April 2015.

Stumbling to War

Allison, Graham, and Dmitri K. Simes. "Stumbling to War." National Interest, April 20, 2015.

The Iran Deal’s Rare Achievement

Burns, Nicholas. "The Iran Deal’s Rare Achievement." Boston Globe, April 16, 2015.

From Financial Repression to External Distress: The Case of Venezuela

Reinhart, Carmen, and Miguel Angel Santos. "From Financial Repression to External Distress: The Case of Venezuela." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-018, April 2015.

Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

Field, Erica, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-019, April 2015.

Promises and Pitfalls of Mobile Money in Afghanistan: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial

Blumenstock, Joshua, Michael Callen, Tarek Ghani, and Lucas Koepke. "Promises and Pitfalls of Mobile Money in Afghanistan: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial." International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, Association for Computing Machinery, April 2015.

Why Are Indian Children So Short?

Jayachandran, Seema, and Rohini Pande. "Why Are Indian Children So Short?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-016, April 2015.

Imperfect Deal will Help an Uneasy Peace

Burns, Nicholas. "Imperfect Deal will Help an Uneasy Peace." Financial Times, April 3, 2015.

How Obama Can Win on Iran

Burns, Nicholas. "How Obama Can Win on Iran." Boston Globe, April 3, 2015.

Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method

Abadie, Alberto, Alexis Diamond, and Jens Hainmueller. "Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method." American Journal of Political Science 59.2 (April 2015): 495-510.

The Euro Crisis: Where to From Here?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Euro Crisis: Where to From Here?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-015, March 2015.

Not in my Backyard, but Not Far Away From Me: Local Acceptance of Wind Power in China.

Guo, Yue, Peng Ru, Jun Su, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "Not in my Backyard, but Not Far Away From Me: Local Acceptance of Wind Power in China." Energy 82 (March 2015): 722-733.

What Are We Willing to Sacrifice in War on ISIS?

Bilmes, Linda J. "What Are We Willing to Sacrifice in War on ISIS?" Boston Globe, March 11, 2015.

What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka

Callen, Michael, Suresh De Mel, Craig McIntosh, and Christopher Woodruff. "What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-011, March 2015.

Chinese Currency Manipulation Not a Problem

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Chinese Currency Manipulation Not a Problem." East Asia Forum, March 9, 2015.

The Power of Transparency:
Information, Identification
Cards, and Food Subsidy
Programs in Indonesia

Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Jordan C. Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto. "The Power of Transparency: Information, Identification Cards, and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-010, March 2015.

How High-Skill Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the USSR

Borjas, George, and Kirk. B. Doran. "How High-Skill Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the USSR." Innovation Policy and the Economy. Ed. William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. NBER, 2015.

Ethics in Public Life, Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia

Winston, Kenneth. Ethics in Public Life, Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

The Korean Economy: From Miraculous Past to a Sustainable Future

Eichengreen, Barry, Wonhyuk Lim, Yung Chul Park, and Dwight H. Perkins. The Korean Economy: From Miraculous Past to a Sustainable Future. Harvard University Press, 2015.

The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform

Masoud, Tarek, Jason Brownlee, and Andrew Reynolds. The Arab Spring: Pathways of Repression and Reform. Oxford University Press, 2015.

The Year in Elections, 2014

Norris, Pippa, Ferran Martínez i Coma, and Max Grömping. "The Year in Elections, 2014." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-008, February 2015.

Political Governance in China

Saich, Anthony, ed. Political Governance in China. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.

Has The Door Closed on Arab Democracy?

Masoud, Tarek. "Has The Door Closed on Arab Democracy?" Journal of Democracy 26.1 (January 2015): 74-87.

Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

Callen, Michael, and James D. Long. "Institutional Corruption and Election Fraud: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan." American Economic Review 105.1 (January 2015): 354-381.

Preface

Burns, Nicholas and Jonathon Price. "Preface." Blind Spot: America’s Response to Radicalism in the Middle East. Ed. Burns, Nicholas and Jonathon Price. Aspen Institute, 2015.

Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. National Interests

Allison, Graham. "Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. National Interests." The Crisis with Russia. Ed. Nicholas Burns and Jonathon Price. Aspen Institute, 2014.

The Crisis with Russia

Burns, Nicholas, and Jonathon Price, eds. The Crisis with Russia. Aspen Institute, 2014.

The Unconventional Energy Boom: Bad Timing for a Revanchist Russia

O'Sullivan, Meghan. "The Unconventional Energy Boom: Bad Timing for a Revanchist Russia." The Crisis with Russia. Ed. Nicholas Burns, and Jonathon Price. The Aspen Institute, 2014.

The Thucydides's Trap

Allison, Graham. "The Thucydides's Trap." The Next Great War? The Roots of World War I and the Risk of US-China Conflict. Ed. Richard N. Rosecrance and Steven E. Miller. MIT Press, 2014.

China's Future Performance and Development Challenges

Perkins, Dwight H. "China's Future Performance and Development Challenges." The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China. Ed. Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Shang-jin Wei, and Xiaobo Zhang. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets

Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. "Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-052, October 2014.

Sovereign-Debt Relief And Its Aftermath: The 1930s, The 1990s, The Future?

Reinhart, Carmen and Christoph Trebesch. "Sovereign-Debt Relief And Its Aftermath: The 1930s, The 1990s, The Future?" Vox, October 21, 2014.

Venezuela's Economic Underperformance

Reinhart, Carmen, and Kenneth Rogoff. "Venezuela's Economic Underperformance." Project Syndicate, October 13, 2014.