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

Frankel, Jeffrey A., and George Saravelos. "Can Leading Indicators Assess Country Vulnerability? Evidence from the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-024, June 2011.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-023, June 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The ECB’s Three Mistakes in the Greek Crisis and How to Get Sovereign Debt Right in the Future." VoxEU, May 16, 2011.
Rosengard, Jay K. "Oversight is a Many-Splendored Thing: Choice and Proportionality in Regulating and Supervising Microfinance Institutions." The Handbook of Microfinance. Ed. Beatriz Armendáriz and Marc Labie. World Scientific Publishing, 2011.
Porter, Roger B. "The Crisis of 2008 and Financial Services Regulation." New Directions in Financial Services Regulation. Ed. Roger B. Porter, Robert R. Glauber, and Thomas J. Healey. The MIT Press, 2011, 1-12.
Porter, Roger B., Robert R. Glauber, and Thomas J. Healey, eds. New Directions in Financial Services Regulation. MIT Press, 2011.
Zeckhauser, Richard. "Diagnosis: Origins of the Crisis: Comments." New Directions in Financial Services Regulation. Ed. Porter, Roger, Robert R. Glauber, and Thomas J. Healey. MIT Press, 2011.
Rosengard, Jay K. Review of Improving Access to Financial Services in Indonesia, World Bank, and Enhancing Access to Finance for Indonesian Overseas Migrant Workers: Evidence from a Survey of Three Provinces, World Bank. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 47.1, April 2011: 132-134.
Rosengard, Jay K. Review of Restructuring of State-Owned Financial Institutions: Lessons from Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Asian Development Bank. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 47.1, April 2011: 132-134.
Peterson, Stephen. "Why it Worked: Critical Success Factors of a Financial Reform Project in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-019, March 2011.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, Atif Mian, and Abid Qamar. "Bank Credit And Business Networks." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-017, March 2011.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?" Explorations in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2011, 75-96.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "How Can Commodity Exporters Make Fiscal and Monetary Policy Less Procyclical?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-015, February 2011.
Rodrik, Dani. "Hooray for Nation States." The New Republic. February 17, 2011, 12-13.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Lesson From the South for Fiscal Policy in the US and Other Advanced Countries." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-014, February 2011.
Liebman, Jeffrey. "Social Impact Bonds." Report for Center for American Progress, February 9, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Solution to Overoptimistic Forecasts and Fiscal Procyclicality: The Structural Budget Institutions Pioneered by Chile." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-012, February 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?" Open Economies Review 22.1 (February 2011): 1-16.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets, Vol. 3B." Handbook of Monetary Economics. Ed. Benjamin Friedman and Michael Woodford. European Central Bank, 2011, 1439-1520.
Rodrik, Dani. "Hooray For Nation States." The New Republic. January 27, 2011.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets: A Survey." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-003, January 2011.
Abadie, Alberto, and Guido Imbens. "Bias-Corrected Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 29.1 (January 2011): 1-11.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and its Implications." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 27.4 (Winter 2011): 536-562.
Campbell, John Y., Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Peter Tufano. "Consumer Financial Protection." Journal of Economic Perspectives 25.1 (January 2011): 91–114.
Peterson, Stephen. "Reforming Public Financial Management in Africa." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-048, December 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "It Looks Like the End of the Eurozone." Project Syndicate, December 14, 2010.
Scherer, F.M. "A Perplexed Economist Confronts 'Too Big to Fail'." European Journal of Comparative Economics 7.2 (December 2010): 267-284.
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.
Levy, Dan, and Jim Ohls. "Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH Conditional Cash Transfer Programme." Journal of Development Effectiveness 2.4 (December 2010): 421-441.
Campbell, John Y., Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Peter Tufano. "The Regulation of Consumer Financial Products: An Introductory Essay with a Case Study on Payday Lending." Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance. Ed. Nicholas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky. Brookings Institution Press and the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2010, 206-244.
Perkins, Dwight H. "Rapid Growth and Changing Economic Structure: The Expenditure Side Story and Its Implications for China." China Economic Review (October 2010).
Rodrik, Dani. "Strong Yuan: Good for Poor Nations?" Taipei Times, September 14, 2010.
Campbell, John Y., Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Peter Tufano. "The Regulation of Consumer Financial Products: An Introductory Essay with Four Case Studies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-040, September 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Is Chinese Mercantilism Good or Bad for Poor Countries?" Project Syndicate, August 9. 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Mauritius: African Success Story." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-036, September 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Are Bilateral Remittances Countercyclical?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-037, September 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Monetary Anchor Options, Including Product Price Targeting, for Commodity-Exporters in Latin America." NBER Working Papers 16362, September 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Market Confidence Bugaboo." Moscow Times, July 14, 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Market Confidence Bugaboo." Moscow Times, July 14, 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Black Swans -- Comment on Financial Cycles: What? How? When? by Stijn Claessens, M.Ayhan Kose and Marco Terrones," De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, June 2010. NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2010. Ed. Richard Clarida and Francesco Giavazzi. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010.
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Fiscal Crisis in State Government – And What Should be Done About It." Next Social Contract Policy Paper, New America Foundation, June 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Who Lost Europe." Korea Times, June 14, 2010.
Chiou, Lesley and Erich J. Muehlegger. "Consumer Response to Cigarette Excise Tax Changes." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-020, June 2010.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Comparison of Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity-Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean." Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Booms and Busts? Ed. Emily Sinnott, John Nash, and Augusto de la Torre. World Bank, 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Diagnostics Before Prescription." Journal of Economic Perspectives 24.3 (Summer 2010): 33-44.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., and George Saravelos. "Are Leading Indicators of Financial Crises Useful for Assessing Country Vulnerability? Evidence from the 2008-09 Global Crisis." NBER Working Papers 16047, June 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Greek Lessons for the World Economy." Guatemala Times, May 11, 2010.
Rodrik, Dani. "Making Room for China in the World Economy." American Economic Review 100.2 (May 2010): 89-93.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Daniel Xie. "Estimation of De Facto Flexibility Parameter and Basket Weights in Evolving Exchange Rate Regimes." American Economic Review 100.2 (May 2010): 568-572.
Zeckhauser, Richard. "Causes of the Financial Crisis: Many Responsible Parties." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-016, April 2010.