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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes

Maya Sen assesses the institutional and compositional features of U.S. federal courts that tend to bias them toward conservative policy outcomes.

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Feature: The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson document how vertical policy supply chains distribute resources from federal and state governments to recipients at the local level.

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Feature: How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Lotem Bassan-Nygate theorizes that by shaming human rights violators abroad, governments can improve their image at home but may encourage tolerance toward certain domestic violations.

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Feature: Thinking (about Peace Science) in Time

Erica Chenoweth speaks to colleagues in the peace science community, reflecting on the world events that have shaped their scholarship and how researchers might think about the current geopolitical moment.

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

The Institute of Medicine's Clarion Call for Universal Coverage.

Newhouse, Joseph P., and Robert D. Reischauer. "The Institute of Medicine's Clarion Call for Universal Coverage." Health Affairs (exclusive on HealthAffairs.org) (March 31, 2004): W4-179 - W4-183.

Cost-Sharing: Patient Knowledge and Effects on Seeking Emergency Department Care.

Hsu, John, Mary Reed, Richard Brand, Bruce Fireman, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Joseph V. Selby. "Cost-Sharing: Patient Knowledge and Effects on Seeking Emergency Department Care." Medical Care 42.3 (March 2004): 290-296.

The Costs of Decedents in the Medicare Program: Implications for Payments to the Medicare+Choice Plans.

Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes, Alan M. Garber, Mark McClellan, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Costs of Decedents in the Medicare Program: Implications for Payments to the Medicare+Choice Plans." Health Services Research 39.1 (February 2004): 111-130.

How Much Should Medicare Pay for Drugs?

Newhouse, Joseph P. "How Much Should Medicare Pay for Drugs?" Health Affairs 23.1 (January-February 2004): 89-102.

Consumer-Directed Health Plans and the RAND Health Insurance Experiment.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Consumer-Directed Health Plans and the RAND Health Insurance Experiment." Health Affairs 23.6 (November/December 2004): 107-113.

Comment on Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly" by Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McLellan, and Jonathan Skinner. Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004: 406-413.

Accounting for Teaching Hospitals' Higher Costs and What to Do About Them.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Accounting for Teaching Hospitals' Higher Costs and What to Do About Them." Health Affairs 22.6 (November-December 2003): 126-129.

Bridging the Gap: A Research Agenda for Crossing the 'Quality Chasm'.

Fernandopulle, Rushika, Timothy Ferris, Arnold Epstein, Barbara McNeil, Joseph P. Newhouse, Gary Pisano, and David Blumenthal. "Bridging the Gap: A Research Agenda for Crossing the 'Quality Chasm'." Health Affairs 22.2 (March-April 2003): 178-190.

“M徱.”

Newhouse, Joseph P. “M徱.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002, 899-955.

“Managed Care and Efficient Rationing.

Rosenthal, Meredith B., and Joseph P. Newhouse. “Managed Care and Efficient Rationing." Journal of Health Care Finance 28.4 (Summer 2002): 1-10.

Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum

Newhouse, Joseph P. Pricing the Priceless: A Health Care Conundrum. MIT Press, 2002.

“Why Is There a Quality Chasm?”

Newhouse, Joseph P. “Why Is There a Quality Chasm?” Health Affairs 21.4 (July/August 2002): 13-25.

“Technological Change in Heart Attack Care in the United States: Causes and Consequences.”

McClellan, Mark, Nathan Every, Alan Garber, Paul Heidenreich, Mark Hlatky, Daniel Kessler, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Olga Saynina. “Technological Change in Heart Attack Care in the United States: Causes and Consequences.” Technological Change in Health Care: A Global Analysis of Heart Attack. Ed. Mark McClellan and Daniel Kessler. University of Michigan Press, 2002, 21-54.

“Managed Care: An Industry Snapshot.”

The Harvard Managed Care Industry Center Group (Joseph P. Newhouse, Joan L. Buchanan, Howard L. Bailit, David Blumenthal, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Daryl Caudry, Paul D. Cleary, Arnold M. Epstein, Richard G. Frank, Heather Gorski, Haiden Huskamp, Nancy Keating, Bruce M. Landon, Barbara J. McNeil, R. Heather Palmer, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Alan Zaslavsky). “Managed Care: An Industry Snapshot.” Inquiry 39.3 (Fall 2002): 207-220.

The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement.

Cutler, David M., Jonathan Gruber, Raymond S. Hartman, Mary Beth Landrum, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Meredith B. Rosenthal. "The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21.1 (Winter 2002): 1-19.

Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy, by David Cutler and Jonathan Gruber. ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002.

Medicare Policy in the 1990s.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Medicare Policy in the 1990s." NBER Working Paper 8531, October 2001.

Medical Care Price Indices: Problems and Opportunities.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Medical Care Price Indices: Problems and Opportunities." Academia Economic Papers 29.1 (March 2001): 1-65.

Medical Care Price Indices: Problems and Opportunities.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Medical Care Price Indices: Problems and Opportunities." NBER Working Paper 8168, March 2001.

Price Indices for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues.

Berndt, Ernst R., David Cutler, Richard Frank, Zvi Griliches, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Jack E. Triplett. "Price Indices for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues." Medical Care Output and Productivity. Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001, 141-200.

Pricing Heart Attack Treatments.

Cutler, David, Mark McClellan, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Dahlia Remler. "Pricing Heart Attack Treatments." Medical Care Output and Productivity. Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001, 305-362.

Lessons from the Medical Marketplace.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Lessons from the Medical Marketplace." Governance amid Bigger, Better Markets. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye Jr. Brookings Institution, 2001.

Health Economics.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Health Economics." International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier Science, 2001, 6550-6557.

Paying for Graduate Medical Education: The Debate Goes On.

Newhouse, Joseph P., and Gail R. Wilensky. "Paying for Graduate Medical Education: The Debate Goes On." Health Affairs 20.2 (May/June 2001): 25-42.

Technological Change around the World: Evidence from Heart Attack Care.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Technological Change around the World: Evidence from Heart Attack Care." Health Affairs 20.3 (May-June 2001): 25-42.

Providing Care at the End of Life: Do Medicare Rules Impede Good Care?

Huskamp, Haiden A., Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Virginia Wang, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Providing Care at the End of Life: Do Medicare Rules Impede Good Care?" Health Affairs 20.3 (May/June 2001): 204-211.

The Prevalence of Formal Risk Adjustment in Health Plan Purchasing.

Keenan, Patricia Seliger, Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Thomas G. McGuire, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Prevalence of Formal Risk Adjustment in Health Plan Purchasing." Inquiry 38.3 (Fall 2001): 245-259.

Comment on Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index" by Ina Kay Ford and Daniel H. Ginsberg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg.

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index" by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update" by David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis" by Matthew Eichner, Mark McClellan, and David A. Wise. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. 2001.