Politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2015
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How Thin Political Markets Undermine Democracy

25 Sep 2017
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CEO, Harvard prof: “US politics rigged”

Apr 2021
Conference Presentation

Political Homophily and Acrophily

By: Amit Goldenberg and J. J. Gross

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Compassion, Religion, and Politics

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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09 Feb 2017

All Hail Partisan Politics

Summer 2018
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CSR needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics

By: Thomas Lyon, Magali A. Delmas, John W. Maxwell, Pratima Bansal, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Patricia Crifo, Rodolphe Durand, Jean-Pascal Gond, Andrew King, Michael Lenox, Michael W. Toffel, David Vogel and Frank Wijen

Corporate sustainability has gone mainstream, and many companies have taken meaningful steps to improve their own environmental performance. But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Communication; Policy; Business and Government Relations

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06 Sep 2012
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Why Boring Political Conventions Are Better

July 2023
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Political Strategies for Climate and Environmental Solutions

By: Jonas Meckling and Valerie Karplus

Many of the barriers to progress in addressing environmental problems, such as climate change, are political. We argue that politics should not be seen only as a constraint but be recognized as a target of intervention to advance environmental solutions. We use the... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Management; Government and Politics; Problems and Challenges

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04 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid

01 Mar 2015
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Research Brief: Political Capital

partisan message. “It proactively persuades them to go out and vote,” Chung explains. So how would a bit of reshuffling of funds have affected US politics over the last decade? Chung and Zhang posit that if Mitt Romney (MBA 1974, JD 1975)... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

2006
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The Political Economy of Capitalism

By: Bruce R. Scott

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16 Jan 2008
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The Political Economy of “Natural” Disasters

Keywords: by Charles Cohen & Eric D. Werker

04 Jun 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Political Influence and Merger Antitrust Reviews

Keywords: by Mihir N. Mehta, Suraj Srinivasan, and Wanli Zhao

June 1987
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Aircraft Industry's Political Profile

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Air Transportation Industry

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11 Aug 2014
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Politics and Dirty Data

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Private vs. Political Choice of Securities Regulation: A Political Cost/Benefit Analysis

By: John C. Coates

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2007
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The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters

By: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker

Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Government and Politics; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Natural Disasters; Welfare or Wellbeing

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The Politics of Food

By: Gunnar Trumbull

This project explores the origins and evolution of national food cultures, emphasizing the sources of variation in terms of quality, safety, and 'sophistication'. Comparing food cultures in postwar Italy, France, and America, I argue that distinctive national... View Details