Faculty Publications

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.

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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.

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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

Make Drivers Pay for Driving

Glaeser, Edward L. "Make Drivers Pay for Driving." Boston Globe, September 23, 2011.

Americans Met Attacks by Drawing on Strengths

Glaeser, Edward L. "Americans Met Attacks by Drawing on Strengths." Bloomberg News, September 6, 2011.

Engines of Innovation

Glaeser, Edward L. "Engines of Innovation." Scientific American. August 17, 2011.

Cities, Productivity, and Quality of Life

Glaeser, Edward L. "Cities, Productivity, and Quality of Life." Science 333.6042 (July 2011): 592-594.

Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge

Bhabha, Jacqueline, ed. Children Without a State: A Global Human Rights Challenge. MIT Press, 2011.

New Land Of Opportunity

Glaeser, Edward L. "New Land Of Opportunity." Forbes. April 20, 2011.

Cities, Skills, and Regional Change

Glaeser, Edward L., Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, and Kristina Tobio. "Cities, Skills, and Regional Change." NBER Working Paper 16934, April 2011.

Triumph of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. Triumph of the City. Penguin Press, 2011.

Rethinking the Federal Bias Toward Homeownership

Glaeser, Edward L. "Rethinking the Federal Bias Toward Homeownership." Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 13.2 (2011): 5-37.

The Gridlocked Commute: A Study of Jakarta's Transportation Problems

Gómez-Ibáñez, José A., Nick Hornig, and Justin Brandon. "The Gridlocked Commute: A Study of Jakarta's Transportation Problems." Harvard Asia Quarterly 13.4 (Winter 2011): 31-45.

Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit

Desai, Mihir, Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal. "Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing: The Low Income Housing Tax Credit." Tax Policy and the Economy 24.1 (2010): 181-205.

Housing Policy in the Wake of the Crash

Glaeser, Edward L. "Housing Policy in the Wake of the Crash." Daedalus 139.4 (Fall 2010): 95-106.

The Start-Up City

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Start-Up City." City Journal 20.4 (Autumn 2010): 26-35.

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?

Glaeser, Edward L, Joshua D. Gottlieb, and Joseph Gyourko. "Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?" NBER Working Papers 16230, July 2010.

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

Ellison, Glenn, Edward L. Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns." American Economic Review 100.3 (June 2010): 1195-1213.

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Glaeser, Edward L., and Matthew E. Kahn. "The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." Journal of Urban Economics 67.3 (May 2010): 404-418.

Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'

Glaeser, Edward L., and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto. "Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'." Agglomeration Economics. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 1-14.

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

Glaeser, Edward L., and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto. "Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?" Agglomeration Economics. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 303 - 337.

Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship

Glaeser, Edward L., Stuart S. Rosenthal, and William C. Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Urban Economics 67.1 (January 2010): 1-14.

The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States

Glaeser, Edward L., and Joshua D Gottlieb. "The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States." Journal of Economic Literature 47.4 (December 2009): 983-1028.

Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship

Glaeser, Edward L., Stuart Rosenthal, and William C. Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship." NBER Working Papers 15536, November 2009.

What a City Needs

Glaeser, Edward L. "What a City Needs." Review of Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City, by Anthony Flint. New Republic, 240.16, September 9, 2009: 42-45.

Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago

Campante, Filipe R., and Edward L. Glaeser. "Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago." NBER Working Papers 15104, June 2009.

The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston

Glaeser, Edward L., and Bryce A. Ward. "The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston." Journal of Urban Economics 65.3 (May 2009): 265-278.

Help Wanted in Public Service

Bilmes, Linda. "Help Wanted in Public Service." Boston Globe, April 15, 2009.

Foreclosing the Crisis

Glaeser, Edward L. "Foreclosing the Crisis." Review of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth, by Robert C. Ellickson. New Republic, 240.1, February 4, 2009: 45-47.

Green Cities, Brown Suburbs

Glaeser, Edward L. "Green Cities, Brown Suburbs." City Journal. Winter 2009, 50-51.

New Lending Deals Won't Bring Back 2006

Glaeser, Edward L. "New Lending Deals Won't Bring Back 2006." Boston Globe, December 5, 2008.

Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited

Retsinas, Nicolas, and Eric Belsky, eds. Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.

Revisiting the Vocabulary of Housing: A Place to Live

Retsinas, Nicolas. "Revisiting the Vocabulary of Housing: A Place to Live." National Mortgage News. 2008.

Rethinking Federal Housing Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. Rethinking Federal Housing Policy. American Enterprise Institute Press, 2008.

This Old House Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. "This Old House Policy." Boston Globe, November 2, 2008.

Definitional Shifts in a Place Called Home

Retsinas, Nicolas. "Definitional Shifts in a Place Called Home." Urban Land. November/December 2008.

The End of the 'Any Breathing Borrower' Era

Retsinas, Nicolas. "The End of the 'Any Breathing Borrower' Era." Boston Globe, October 8, 2008.

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

Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Harvard Business School Working Papers 09-055, October 2008.

The Economics of Place-Making Policies

Glaeser, Edward L, and Joshua D. Gottlieb. "The Economics of Place-Making Policies." NBER Working Papers 14373, October 2008.

Social Capital and Urban Growth

Glaeser, Edward L. "Social Capital and Urban Growth." NBER Working Papers 14374, October 2008.

Urban Inequality

Glaeser, Edward L, Matthew G. Resseger, and Kristina Tobio. "Urban Inequality." NBER Working Papers 14419, October 2008.

Symposium: Mortgages and the Housing Crash: Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

Glaeser, Edward L, Joseph Gyourko, and Albert Saiz. "Symposium: Mortgages and the Housing Crash: Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles." Journal of Urban Economics 64.2 (September 2008): 198-217.

Auto-Emancipation

Glaeser, Edward L. "Auto-Emancipation." Review of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do: And What It Says About Us, by Tom Vanderbilt New Republic, 239.2, August 13, 2008: 36-39.

Renters Deserve a Better Shake

Retsinas, Nicolas. "Renters Deserve a Better Shake." Boston Globe, August 13, 2008.

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Glaeser, Edward L., and Matthew Kahn. "The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." NBER Working Papers 14238, August 2008.

State of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. "State of the City." Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2008.

Houston, New York has a Problem

Glaeser, Edward L. "Houston, New York has a Problem." New York Sun, July 16, 2008.

Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium

Glaeser, Edward L. Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium. Oxford University Press, 2008.

What Can We Learn about Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?

Ludwig, Jens, Jeffrey R. Kling, Lawrence F. Katz, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey Liebman, Greg J. Duncan, and Ronald C. Kessler. "What Can We Learn about Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?" American Journal of Sociology 114.1 (July 2008): 144-188.

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