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
Eggleston, Karen, John D. Donahue, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. The Dragon, the Eagle, and the Private Sector: Public-Private Collaboration in China and the United States. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Dzielinski, Michal, Alexander F. Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "CEO Clarity." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-017, May 2017.
Druz, Marina, Alexander F. Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Reading Managerial Tone: How Analysts and the Market Respond to Conference Calls." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-004, January 2016.
Zeckhauser, Richard. "Mancur Olson and the Tragedy of the Unbalanced Commons." Decisions 24 (December 2015).
Avery, Christopher N., Judith A. Chevalier, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "The “CAPS” Prediction System and Stock Market Returns." Review of Finance (September 2015): 1-19.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals." Journal of Legal Studies 44.S2 (June 2015): S387-S422.
Devjani, Roy, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Anatomy of Ignorance: Diagnoses from Literature." Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. Ed. Matthias Gross and Linsey McGoey. Routledge, 2015, 61-73.
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." vlog 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?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-002, January 2015.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs." Risk Analysis (September 5, 2014).
Heutel, Garth, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Investment Returns of Nonprofit Organizations: Part 1, Tales from 990 Forms." Nonprofit Management and Leadership 25.19 (Fall 2014): 41-57.
Heutel, Garth, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Investment Returns of Nonprofit Organizations: Part II, The Value of Focused Attention." Nonprofit Management and Leadership 25.19 (Fall 2014): 59-75.
Zeckhauser, Richard. "New Frontiers Beyond Risk and Uncertainty: Ignorance, Group Decision, and Unanticipated Themes, Preface 2." Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty. Ed. W. Kip Viscusi and Mark Machina. Elsevier, 2013, xvii-xxix.
Roy, Devjani, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Ignorance: Lessons from the Laboratory of Literature." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-039, October 2013.
Trautmann, Stefan T., Gijs van de Kuilen, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Social Class and (Un)Ethical Behavior: A Framework, With Evidence From a Large Population Sample." Perspectives on Psychological Science 8.5 (September 2013): 487-497.
Miller, Nolan, Alexander F. Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 46.3 (June 2013): 265-297.
Dreber, Anna, David Rand, Nils Wernerfelt, Peter Worrell, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Decisions of Entrepreneurs and Their Agents: Revealed Levels of Risk Aversion and Betrayal Aversion." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-016, May 2013.
Trautmann, Stefan T., Gijs van de Kuilen, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Social Class and (Un)ethical Behavior: A Framework, with Evidence from a Large Population Sample." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-004, March 2013.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard Zeckhauser,. "Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies." Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation. Ed. Cary Coglianese. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, 21-48.
Trautmann, Stefan T., Gijs van de Kuilen, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Social Class and (Un)ethical Behavior: Evidence from a Large Population Sample." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-019, May 2012.
Han, Seunghee, Jennifer S. Lerner, Richard Zeckhauser. "The Disgust-Promotes-Disposal Effect." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 44.2 (April 2012): 101-113.
Wagner, Gernot, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking." Climatic Change 110.3/4 (February 2012): 507-521.
W. Kip Viscusi, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Deterring and Compensating Oil-Spill Catastrophes: The Need for Strict and Two-Tier Liability." Vanderbilt Law Review 64.6 (2011): 1717-1765.
Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-045, November 2011.
Berger, Alan, Case Brown, Carolyn Kousky, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Challenge of Degraded Environments: How Common Biases Impair Effective Policy." Risk Analysis 31.9 (September 2011): 1423–1433.
Avery, Christopher, Judith Chevalier, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-028, July 2011.
Tran, Ngoc-Khanh, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs are Heterogeneous." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-026, July 2011.
Robert, Christopher, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 30.3 (Summer 2011): 613-643.
Donahue, John D., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Why Smart Business Wants Strong Government." Bloomberg Government, May 24, 2011.
Donahue, John D., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Beyond Big or Small Government." National Journal, May 17, 2011.
Aperjis, Christina, Yali Miao, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-020, May 2011.
Horton, John J., David G. Rand, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market." Experimental Economics 14.3 (2011): 399-425.
Donahue, John D., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Learn a Lesson in Collaboration from Green Bay's 'Cheeseheads'." CNN.com, February 05, 2011.
Donahue, John D. and Richard J. Zeckhauser. Collaborative Governance: Private Roles for Public Goals in Turbulent Times. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Robert, Christopher, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-004, January 2011.
Robert, Christopher, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Methodology of Positive Policy Analysis." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-041, September 2010.
Anna, Dreber, David G. Rand, Nils Wernerfelt, Justin R. Garcia, J. Koji Lum, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Dopamine and Risk Choices in Different Domains: Findings Among Serious Tournament Bridge Players." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-034, July 2010.
Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, Mohamad Al-Ississ, Andrea Robbett, Khalid Al-Yahia, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-031, June 2010.
Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries." Quarterly Journal of Economics 125.2 (May 2010): 811-828.
Horton, John J., David G. Rand, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-017, April 2010.
Dreber, Anna, David G. Rand, Justin R. Garcia, Nils Wernerfelt, J. Koji Lum, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Dopamine and Risk Preferences in Different Domains." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-012, April 2010.
Kousky, Carolyn, John Pratt, and Richard Zeckhauser. Virgin Versus Experienced Risks. The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous World. Ed. Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic. Public Affairs, 2010, 99-106.
Schauer, Frederick, and Richard Zeckhauser. Paltering. Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating. Ed. Brooke Harrington. Stanford University Press, 2009, 38-54.
Kousky, Carolyn, Olga Rostapshova, Michael Toman, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes." Resources for the Future Discussion Paper, November 2009.
Schauer, Frederick, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Trouble with Cases." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-025, August 2009.
Cutler, David, Bryan Lincoln, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-022, July 2009.
Tran, Anh, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Rank as an Incentive." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-019, July 2009.
Cutler, David M., Bryan Lincoln, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans." NBER Working Papers 15164, July 2009.
Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-015, June 2009.
Avery, Christopher, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns." vlog Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP09-011, April 2009.