Publications
The catch-all term “gender equality” can mask important discrepancies in women’s status that are correlated with more or less violent societies,
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
By Our Faculty
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
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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
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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
The Minjian Avant-Garde studies how experimental artists in China mixed with, brought changes to, and let themselves be transformed by minjian, the volatile and diverse public of the post-Mao era.
East Asia Program
