Changing Behavior Beyond the Here and Now
Behavioral science is increasingly being used to develop interventions to influence important behaviors throughout society.
Research
Reforming the Budget: Four Steps to Restore Fiscal Discipline
America’s dysfunctional budget process has been mired in federal shutdowns and debt ceiling brinksmanship for the past several years.
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.
Transformational and Transactional Presidents
During the 20th century, the United States went from being a second rate power to becoming the world’s sole superpower. Did leaders matter?
Women as Political Leaders Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities
This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates and officeholders.
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.
Looking for Audience Costs in all the Wrong Places: Electoral Institutions, Media Access, and Democratic Constraint
For leaders to generate credibility through audience costs, there must be mechanisms in place that enable citizens to learn about foreign policy failures.
Dishonesty and Selection into Public Service
In this paper, we demonstrate that university students who cheat on a simple task in a laboratory setting are more likely to state a preference for entering public service.
Operating Across Boundaries: Leading Adaptive Change
Celebrating one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our time, Radical Responsibility brings together thirteen luminaries of Jewish and Western thought to explore the intellectual legacy of Chief Rabbi
Three Lessons from the Kennedy Presidency
For Americans who remember Nov. 22, 1963, there is an understandable temptation to dwell on the nearly unbearable tragedy of that day.
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