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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.

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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

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

Patel, Mitesh S.,... Todd Rogers, et al. "A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit." American Journal of Health Promotion 37.3 (March 2023): 324-332.

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

Milkman, Katherine L., Todd Rogers, et al. "A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118.20 (April 2021): e2101165118.

Nudges and choice architecture in organizations: New frontiers

Chapman, Gretchen, Katherine L. Milkman, David Rand, Todd Rogers and Richard H. Thalere. "Nudges and choice architecture in organizations: New frontiers." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 163 (March 2021).

Returnable Reciprocity: Returnable Gifts are More Effective than Unreturnable Gifts at Promoting Virtuous Behaviors

Zlatev, Julian J., and Todd Rogers. "Returnable Reciprocity: Returnable Gifts are More Effective than Unreturnable Gifts at Promoting Virtuous Behaviors." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 161, Supplement (November 2020): 74-84.

Selective Exposure Partly Relies on Faulty Affective Forecasts

Dorison, Charles A., Julia A. Minson, and Todd Rogers. "Selective Exposure Partly Relies on Faulty Affective Forecasts." Cognition (Spring 2019).

The Demotivating Effect (and Unintended Message) of Awards

Robinson, Carly D., Jana Gallus, Monica G. Lee, and Todd Rogers. "The Demotivating Effect (and Unintended Message) of Awards." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-020, July 2018.

Some Middle School Students Want Behavior Commitment Devices (but Take-Up Does Not Affect Their Behavior)

Robinson, Carly D., Gonzalo A. Pons, Angela L. Duckworth, and Todd Rogers. "Some Middle School Students Want Behavior Commitment Devices (but Take-Up Does Not Affect Their Behavior)." Frontiers in Psychology (February 2018).

Social Mobilization

Rogers, Todd, Noah J. Goldstein, and Craig R. Fox. "Social Mobilization." Annual Review of Psychology 69 (January 2018): 357-381.

The Belief in a Favorable Future

Rogers, Todd, Don A. Moore, and Michael I. Norton. "The Belief in a Favorable Future." Psychological Science 28.9 (September 2017): 1290-1301.

On the Misplaced Politics of Behavioural Policy Interventions

David Tannenbaum, Craig R. Fox, and Todd Rogers. "On the Misplaced Politics of Behavioural Policy Interventions." Nature Human Behaviour 1.7 (July 2017): s41562-017.

Simplification and Defaults Affect Adoption and Impact of Technology, But Decision Makers Do Not Realize This

Bergman, Peter, Jessica Lasky-Fink, and Todd Rogers. "Simplification and Defaults Affect Adoption and Impact of Technology, But Decision Makers Do Not Realize This." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-021, June 2017 (Updated July 2018).

Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others

Rogers, Todd, Richard Zeckhauser, Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton, and Maurice E. Schweitzer. "Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112.3 (March 2017): 456-473.

Making the Best-Laid Plans Better: How Plan-Making Increases Follow-Through

Rogers, Todd, Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie John, and Michael I. Norton. "Making the Best-Laid Plans Better: How Plan-Making Increases Follow-Through." Behavioral Science and Policy (2016).

Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of a Voter Persuasion Effort

Bailey, Michael A., Daniel J. Hopkins, and Todd Rogers. "Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of a Voter Persuasion Effort." Political Behavior 38.3 (September 2016): 713-746.

Unacquainted Callers Can Predict Which Citizens Will Vote Over and Above Citizens' Stated Self-Predictions

Rogers, Todd. "Unacquainted Callers Can Predict Which Citizens Will Vote Over and Above Citizens' Stated Self-Predictions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113.23 (June 7, 2011): 6449-6453.

Reminders Through Association

Rogers, Todd. "Reminders Through Association." Psychological Science 27.7 (July 2016): 973-986.

Potential Follow-up Increases Private Contributions to Public Goods

Rogers, Todd, John Ternovski, and Erez Yoeli. "Potential Follow-up Increases Private Contributions to Public Goods." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113.19 (May 10, 2016): 5218-5220.

Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement.

Gehlbach, Hunter, Maureen E. Brinkworth, Aaron M. King, Laura M. Hsu, Joseph McIntyre, and Todd Rogers. "Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement." Journal of Educational Psychology 108.3 (April 2016): 342-352.

Discouraged by Peer Excellence: Exposure to Exemplary Peer Performance Causes Quitting

Rogers, Todd, and Avi Feller. "Discouraged by Peer Excellence: Exposure to Exemplary Peer Performance Causes Quitting." Psychological Science 27.3 (March 2016): 365-374.

Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss

Pierce, Lamar, Todd Rogers, and Jason A. Snyder. "Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss." Journal of Experimental Political Science (October 2015): 1-16.

Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment Showing That They Are.

Rogers, Todd, and Joel Middleton. "Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment Showing That They Are." Political Behavior 37.3 (September 2015): 567-593.

The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment.

Kraft, Matthew A., and Todd Rogers. "The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment." Economics of Education Review 47 (August 2015): 49-63.

Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic
Achievement

Gehlbach, Hunter, Maureen E. Brinkworth, Aaron M. King, Laura M. Hsu, Joe McIntyre, and Todd Rogers. "Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-017, April 2015.

Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss

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.

Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior-Reply

Rogers, Todd, Katherine L. Milkman, and Kevin G. Volpp. "Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior-Reply." The Journal of the American Medical Association 312.15 (October 2014): 1592-1593.

The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment

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.

The Belief in a Favorable Future

Rogers, Todd, and Michael I. Norton. "The Belief in a Favorable Future." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-048, October 2014.

The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation

Allcott, Hunt, and Todd Rogers. "The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation." American Economic Review 104.10 (October 2014).

Persistence: How Treatment Effects Persist After Interventions Stop

Frey, Erin, and Todd Rogers. "Persistence: How Treatment Effects Persist After Interventions Stop." Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1.1 (October 2014): 172-179.

The Motivating Power of Under-Confidence: “The Race is Close But We’re Losing”

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.

Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others

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.

Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior

Rogers, Todd, Katherine L. Milkman, and Kevin G. Volpp. "Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior." Journal of the American Medical Association 311.20 (May 2014): 2065-2066.

Changing Behavior Beyond the Here and Now

Rogers, Todd, and Erin Frey. "Changing Behavior Beyond the Here and Now." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-014, February 2014.

Political Campaigns and Big Data

Nickerson, David W., and Todd Rogers. "Political Campaigns and Big Data." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-045, Revised February 2014.

Unresponsive and
Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of Voter Persuasion Efforts

Bailey, Michael, Daniel J. Hopkins, and Todd Rogers. "Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of Voter Persuasion Efforts." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-034, September 2013.

Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased

Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased." American Politics Research (Published online, September 5, 2013).

Political Extremism Is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding

Fernbach, Philip M., Todd Rogers, Craig R. Fox, and Steven A. Sloman. "Political Extremism Is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding." Psychological Science 24.6 (June 2013): 939-946.

Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased

Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-010, April 2013.

Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression

Rogers, Todd, Craig R. Fox, and Alan S. Gerber. "Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression." Behavioral Foundations of Policy. Ed. Eldar Shafir. Princeton University Press, 2012, 91-107.

Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression.

Rogers, Todd. "Rethinking Why People Vote: Voting as Dynamic Social Expression." Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy. Ed. Eldar Shafir. Princeton University Press, 2012.

What Does “Intending to Vote”
Mean?

Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "What Does “Intending to Vote” Mean?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-056, November 2012.

Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups?
A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment

Rogers, Todd, and Joel A. Middleton. "Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-049, November 2012 (Updated June 2013).

How Long Do Treatment Effects Last?
Persistence and Durability of a Descriptive Norms Intervention's Effect on Energy Conservation

Allcott, Hunt, and Todd Rogers. "How Long Do Treatment Effects Last? Persistence and Durability of a Descriptive Norms Intervention's Effect on Energy Conservation." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-045, October 2012.

Presidential Debates: Why Don't They Just Answer the Question?

Rogers, Todd, and and Michael I. Norton. "Presidential Debates: Why Don't They Just Answer the Question?" Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2012.

Why Bother Asking?
The Limited Value of Self-Reported Vote Intention

Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "Why Bother Asking? The Limited Value of Self-Reported Vote Intention." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-001, January 2012.

Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self

Bryan, Christopher J., Gregory M. Walton, Todd Rogers, and Carol S. Dweck. "Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.31 (August 2011): 12653-12656.

Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience

Malhotra, Neil, Melissa R. Michelson, Todd Rogers, and Ali Adam Valenzuela. "Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience." American Politics Research 39.4 (July 2011): 664-681.

The Artful Dodger: Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way

Rogers, Todd, and Michael I. Norton. "The Artful Dodger: Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 17.2 (June 2011): 139-147.