Research
Negotiation in the Crisis of Democracy
The current crisis of democracy has many causes.
Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior
What is Political Science For?
This address advances three ideas. First, political science as a discipline has a mandate to help human beings govern themselves.
Review of Women and Executive Office: Pathways and Performance
Changing Behavior Beyond the Here and Now
Behavioral science is increasingly being used to develop interventions to influence important behaviors throughout society.
The Role of the State in Governing the Commons
Elinor Ostrom did not argue that state action is antithetical to local knowledge and effective organization.
U.N. Funding is a Small Price for Peace
After Iraq and Afghanistan, the US appetite for foreign interventions is about as low as it’s ever been.
New Frontiers Beyond Risk and Uncertainty: Ignorance, Group Decision, and Unanticipated Themes, Preface 2
Book abstract: The need to understand the theories and applications of economic and finance risk has been clear to everyone since the financial crisis, and this collection of original essays proffers
Violence and Risk Preference: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan
We investigate the relationship between violence and economic risk preferences in Afghanistan combining: (i) a two-part experimental procedure identifying risk preferences, violations of Expected Util
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