Publications
This paper explores the competition between a designer who shapes interaction patterns and influences agents and an adversary who counters this influence. The influenced agents who are embedded in a…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Complex social challenges such as narco trafficking can have unexpected consequences for biodiversity conservation.
Migrations Program
By Our Faculty
Fire Dancers in Thailand's Tourism Industry explores the evolution of fire dancing from informal community jam sessions into the iconic, tourist-oriented perf
Southeast Asia Program
This paper is an attempt to demystify Keynes and give concrete shape to some expressions that Keynes used when writing about investment and capital without adequate explanation. The paper brings…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
This paper studies the self-control problem of a morally committed bureaucrat in choosing the optimal level of discretion. They show a novel tradeoff in the official’s moral commitment: more…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
With the spring 2024 primary upon us, social scientists can draw lessons from Europe’s past. Our task is to figure out which lessons are meaningful in the current American moment.
Institute for European Studies
By Our Faculty
In this paper, the authors argue that Section 512(c) notice-and-takedown regime provides a natural setting to study the signaling aspect of pretrial bargaining. A strong signal is short, easy to read…
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry.
East Asia Program
Kyokutei Bakin's Nansō Satomi Hakkenden is one of the monuments of Japanese literature. This multigenerational samurai saga was one of the most popular and influential books of the nineteenth century…
East Asia Program
