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
Scherer, F.M. "Financial Mergers and Their Consequences." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-019, June 2013.
Rogers, Todd, and David W. Nickerson. "Can Inaccurate Beliefs About Incumbents be Changed? And Can Reframing Change Votes?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-018, May 2013.
Iyer, Rajkamal, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Erzo Luttmer, and Kelly Shue. "Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-017, May 2013.
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.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Future of the Currency Union." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-015, May 2013.
Campante, Filipe R., Ruben Durante, and Francesco Sobbrio. "Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-014, May 2013.
Pritchett, Lant, Salimah Samji, and Jeffrey Hammer. "It‘s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“e”) to Crawl the Design Space." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-012, May 2013.
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World: The Role of Trade." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-013, May 2013.
Andrews, Matthew. "Who Really Leads Development?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-011, April 2013.
Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-010, April 2013.
Cortes, Kalena, Joshua Goodman, and Takako Nomi. "Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-009, April 2013.
Alatas, Vivi, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Ririn Purnamasari, and Matthew Wai-Poi. "Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites and Targeted Welfare Programs in Indonesia." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-008, April 2013.
Masoud, Tarek. "Arabs Want Redistribution, So Why Don’t They Vote Left? Theory and Evidence from Egypt." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-007, April 2013.
Bilmes, Linda J. "The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-006, March 2013.
Cohodes, Sarah, and Joshua Goodman. "Merit Aid, College Quality and College Completion: Massachusetts’ Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-005, May 2013 (Revised from March 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.
Risse, Mathias. "The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-003, February 2013.
Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Soren Leth-Peterson, Torben Heien Nielsen, and Tore Olsen. "Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-002, January 2013.
Walt, Stephen, and John J. Mearsheimer. "Leaving Theory Behind: Why Hypothesis Testing Has Become Bad for IR." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-001, January 2013.
Campante, Filipe R., Quoc-Anh Do, and Bernardo Guimaraes. "Isolated Capital Cities and Misgovernance: Theory and Evidence." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-058, December 2012.
Miller, Nolan, Alexander F. Wagner, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Solomonic Separation: Risk Decisions as Productivity Indicators." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-057, November 2012.
Rogers, Todd, and Masa Aida. "What Does “Intending to Vote” Mean?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-056, November 2012.
Saich, Anthony. "China, the USA, and Asia’s Future." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-052, 2012.
Saich, Anthony. "Developing Social Citizenship? A Case Study of Education and Health Services in Yantian Village, Guangdong." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-053, 2012.
Fang, Hai, Karen N. Eggleston, John A. Rizzo, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-054, November 2012.
Aperjis, Christina, Yali Miao, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-055, November 2012.
Saich, Anthony. "The Quality of Governance in China: The Citizen’s View." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-051, 2012.
Arceo, Eva, Rema Hanna, and Paulina Oliva. "Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-050, November 2012.
Rogers, Todd, and Joel A. Middleton. "Are Ballot Initiative Outcomes Influenced by the Campaigns of Independent Groups? A Precinct-Randomized Field Experiment." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-049, November 2012 (Updated June 2013).
Bowles, Hannah Riley. "Psychological Perspectives on Gender in Negotiation." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-046, October 2012.
Bowles, Hannah Riley. "Claiming Authority: How Women Explain their Ascent to Top Business Leadership Positions." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-047, October 2012.
Scherer, F.M. "Merger Efficiencies and Competition Policy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-048, October 2012.
Allcott, Hunt, and Todd Rogers. "How Long Do Treatment Effects Last? Persistence and Durability of a Descriptive Norms Intervention's Effect on Energy Conservation." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-045, October 2012.
Hanna, Rema, Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Arun G. Chandrasekhar, and Benjamin A. Olken. "Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series and CID Working Papers (RWP12-043 and 246), October 2012.
Hanna, Rema, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series and CID Working Papers (RWP12-044 and 245), October 2012.
Applbaum, Arthur Isak. "All Foundings Are Forced." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-042, September 2012.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Jesse Schreger. "Over-Optimistic Official Forecasts in the Eurozone and Fiscal Rules." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-041, September 2012.
Kamarck, Elaine C., Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Julie Boatright Wilson, and Jeff Katz. "Eliminating Barriers to the Adoption of Children from Foster Care." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-040, September 2012.
Cohodes, Sarah, and Joshua Goodman. "First Degree Earns: The Impact of College Quality on College Completion Rates." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-033, August 2012.
Goodman, Joshua, and Levitin, Adam. "Bankruptcy Law and The Cost of Credit: The Impact of Cramdown on Mortgage Interest Rates." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-037, August 2012.
Allison, Graham. "What Happened to the Soviet Superpower’s Nuclear Arsenal? Clues for the Nuclear Security Summit." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-038, August 2012.
Bailey, Jonathan, and Henry Lee. "North American Oil and Gas Reserves: Prospects and Policy." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-039, August 2012.
Andrews, Matt, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Escaping Capability Traps through Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-036, August 2012.
Goodman, Joshua. "Gold Standards?: State Standards Reform and Student Achievement." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-031, August 2012.
Goodman, Joshua. "The Labor of Division: Returns to Compulsory Math Coursework." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-032, August 2012.
Madestam, Andreas, and David Yanagizawa-Drott. "Shaping the Nation: The Effect of Fourth of July on Political Preferences and Behavior in the United States." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-034, August 2012.
Pritchett, Lant, and Amanda Beatty. "The Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-035, August 2012.
Schmalensee, Richard, and Robert N. Stavins. "The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-030, August 2012.
Scherer, F.M. "General Hamilton and Dr. Smith." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-029, July 2012.
Ganong, Peter, and Daniel Shoag. "Why Has Regional Convergence in the U.S. Stopped?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-028, June 2012.