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Joseph Aldy

Joe Aldy is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a University Fellow at Resources for the ...
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Executive Certificate Frequently Asked Questions

What is the benefit of earning an Executive Certificate? Your Harvard Kennedy School Executive Certificate is a significant enhancement to your résumé that recognizes your successful completion of ...
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The Natural Resource Curse

Countries with oil, mineral or other natural resource wealth, on average, have failed to show better economic performance than those without, often because of undesirable side effects. This is the ...
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.

In this paper, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science and Stephen M.Walt of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government contend that the centerpiece ...
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Vertical Patient Streaming in Emergency Departments

Addressing hospital emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a critical challenge for many healthcare systems worldwide. Many hospitals (including our partner hospital) have been experimenting with ...
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Partisan Alignment Increases Voter Turnout: Evidence from Redistricting

Partisan gerrymandering and polarization have created an electoral landscape where Americans increasingly reside in congressional districts dominated by one party. Are individuals more likely to vote ...
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The Geography of Banks in the United States (1990-2020)

We present new statistical indicators of the structure and performance of US banks from 1990 to today, geographically disaggregated at the level of individual counties. The constructed data set (20 ...
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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find it hard to make friends? These questions seem ...
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U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China

Taiwan has inherent military value, and thus its fate will in large part determine the U.S. military’s ability to operate in the region. As Assistant Secretary of Defense Ely Ratner noted, “Taiwan is ...
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Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse

At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest ...
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A decade from now, bitcoin is more likely to be $100 than $100,000

March 5, 2018, Video: "The likelihood of bitcoin prices falling to $100 is greater than that of the digital currency trading at $100,000 a decade from now, Harvard University professor and economist ...
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The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power

The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power. David Yoffie, 2019, Book, "The Business of Platforms explores the strategic, economic, and technology ...