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
Tips and Tells from Managers: How Analysts and the Market Read Between the Lines of Conference Calls
Druz, Marina, Alexander F. Wagner, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Tips and Tells from Managers: How Analysts and the Market Read Between the Lines of Conference Calls." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-006, February 2015.
Freeman, Mark C., Gernot Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-002, January 2015.
Bodansky, Daniel M., Seth A. Hoedl, Gilbert E. Metcalf, and Robert N. Stavins. "Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Regional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies through a Future International Agreement." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-003, January 2015.
Gerarden, Todd D., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. "Assessing the Energy-Efficiency Gap." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-004, January 2015.
Gerarden, Todd D., Richard G. Newell, Robert N. Stavins, and Robert C. Stowe. "An Assessment of the Energy-Efficiency Gap and its Implications for Climate-Change Policy." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-005, January 2015.
Bonica, Adam, and Maya Sen. "The Politics of Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan Incentives to Politicize the Judiciary." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-001, January 2015.
Saich, Anthony. "Reflections on a Survey of Global Perceptions of International Leaders and World Powers." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-058, December 2014.
Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen. "The Political Legacy of American Slavery." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-057, December 2014.
Bodansky, Daniel M., Seth A. Hoedl, Gilbert E. Metcalf, and Robert N. Stavins. "Facilitating Linkage of Heterogeneous Regional, National, and Sub-National Climate Policies through a Future International Agreement." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-056, November 2014.
Avery, Christopher. "The Amherst Telementoring Program for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students: Results of a Pilot Study with a Randomized Controlled Trial." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-055, November 2014.
Scherer, F.M. "First Mover Advantages and Optimal Patent Protection." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-053, November 2014.
Diaz Anadon, Laura, Valentina Bosetti, Gabriel Chan, Gregory Nemet, and Elena Verdolini. "Energy Technology Expert Elicitations for Policy: Workshops, Modeling, and Meta-Analysis." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-054, November 2014.
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.
Wernerfelt, Nils, David Slusky, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-050, October 2014.
Pierce, Lamar, Todd Rogers, and Jason A. Snyder. "Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-051, October 2014.
Kraft, Matthew A., and Todd Rogers. "The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-049, October 2014.
Rogers, Todd, and Michael I. Norton. "The Belief in a Favorable Future." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-048, October 2014.
Rogers, Todd, and Don A. Moore. "The Motivating Power of Under-Confidence: “The Race is Close But We’re Losing”." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-047, October 2014.
Houde, Sebastien, and Joseph Aldy. "Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-046, September 2014.
Rogers, Todd, Richard Zeckhauser, Francesca Gino, Maurice Schweitzer, and Mike Norton. "Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-045, September 2014.
Kelman, Steven, Ron Sanders, Gayatri Pandit, and Sarah Taylor. "Management Matters (For Them): Is There a New Normal for Federal Subcabinet Leaders?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-044, September 2014.
Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan Smith, and Julia Fox. "The Relationship Between Siblings’ College Choices: Evidence from One Million SAT-Taking Families." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-043, September 2014.
Scherer, F.M. "The Banking Industry." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-042, September 2014.
Woolcock, Michael. "Culture, Politics, and Development." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-041, September 2014.
Aldy, Joseph. "The Labor Market Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-037, August 2014.
Woolcock, Michael. "Engaging with Fragile and Conflict-Affected States." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-038, July 2014.
Kelman, Steven, Ronald Sanders, Gayatri Pandit, and Sarah Taylor. "“Tell It Like It Is": Groupthink, Decisiveness, and Decision-Making Among U.S. Federal Subcabinet Executives." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-039, August 2014.
Kelman, Steven, Ronald Sanders, Gayatri Pandit, and Sarah Taylor. "“I Won’t Back Down?”: Complexity and Courage in U.S. Federal Executive Decision-Making." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-040, August 2014.
Allison, Graham, and Oren Setter. "Blocking All Paths to an Iranian Bomb: How the West Can Avoid a Nuclear Maginot Line." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-036, July 2014.
Andrews, Matthew, Marco Cangiano, Neil Cole, Paolo de Renzio, Philipp Krause, and Renaud Seligmann. "This Is PFM." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-034, July 2014.
Howell, Sabrina, Henry Lee, and Adam Heal. "Leapfrogging or Stalling Out? Electric Vehicles in China." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-035, May 2014.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Nominal GDP Targeting for Middle-Income Countries." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-033, July 2014.
Bourreau, Marc, Pinar Dogan, and Sounman Hong. "Making Money by Giving It for Free: Radiohead’s Pre-Release Strategy for In Rainbows." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-032, July 2014.
Castleman, Benjamin, and Joshua Goodman. "Intensive College Counseling and the College Enrollment Choices of Low Income Students." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-031, July 2014.
Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz, and Jonathan Smith. "College Access, Initial College Choice and Degree Completion." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-030, February 2015 (Revised from June 2014).
Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz, and Jonathan Smith. "Sibling (Non) Rivalry: The Relationship Between Siblings' College Choices." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-028, June 2014.
Dougherty, Shaun M., Joshua S. Goodman, Darryl V. Hill, Erica G. Litke, and Lindsay C. Page. "Middle School Math Acceleration and Equitable Access to 8th Grade Algebra: Evidence from the Wake County Public School System." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-029, June 2014.
Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "And They in Their Humanity Answer Me: Part 1." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-027, June 2014.
Andrews, Matthew. "Why Distributed End Users Often Limit Public Financial Management Reform Success." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-026, May 2014.
Aldy, Joseph, and Seamus Smyth. "Heterogeneity in the Value of Life." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-024, May 2014.
Aldy, Joseph, and William Pizer. "The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-025, May 2014.
Duan, Peijun, and Anthony Saich. "Reforming China's Monopolies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-023, May 2014.
Andrews, Matthew. "An Ends-Means Approach to Looking At Governance." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-022, April 2014.
Levels, Mark, Jaap Dronkers, and Christopher Jencks. "Mind the Gap: Compositional, Cultural and Institutional Explanations for Numeracy Skills Disparities Between Adult Immigrants and Natives in Western Countries." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-020, April 2014.
Shoag, Daniel, and Stan Veuger. "Shops and the City: Evidence on Local Externalities and Local Government Policy from Big Box Bankruptcies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-019, April 2014.
Pritchett, Lant. "The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-017, April 2014.
Andrews, Matthew. "Can One Retell a Mozambican Reform Story Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-018, April 2014.
Philip B. K. Potter, and Matthew A. Baum. "Information, Popular Constraint, and the Democratic Peace." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-015, March 2014.
Pritchett, Lant, Kunal Sen, Sabyasachi Kar, and Selim Raihan. "Trillions Gained and Lost: Estimating the Magnitude of Growth Episodes." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-016, March 2014.
Rogers, Todd, and Erin Frey. "Changing Behavior Beyond the Here and Now." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-014, February 2014.