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Vertical Networks, Integration, and Connectivity
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
This paper studies competition in a network industry with a stylized two layered network structure, and examines: (i) price and connectivity incentives of the upstream networks, and (ii) incentives for vertical integration ...
Environmental Effects of International Trade
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009)
The report surveys the state of our knowledge regarding the effects of trade on the environment. A central question is whether globalization helps or hurts in achieving the best tradeoff between environmental and economic ...
A Centered Index of Spatial Concentration: Axiomatic Approach with an Application to Population and Capital Cities
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University., 2009)
We construct an axiomatic index of spatial concentration around a center or capital point of interest, a concept with wide applicability from urban economics, economic geography and trade, to political economy and industrial ...
Health Insurance Exchanges — Making the Markets Work
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2009)
Americans purchase health insurance in various ways. Some buy individual policies. For them, medical underwriting is common, and preexisting conditions can preclude, limit, or dramatically increase the cost of coverage. ...
The Trouble with Cases
(2009)
For several decades now a debate has raged about policy-making by litigation. Spurred by the way in which tobacco, environmental, and other litigation has functioned as an alternative form of regulation, the debate asks ...
On the Measurement of Poverty Dynamics
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009)
This paper introduces a family of multi-period poverty measures derived from commonly used static poverty measures. Our measures trade-off poverty levels and changes (gains and losses) over time, and are consistent with ...
An Expanded Three-Part Architecture for Post-2012 International Climate Policy
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009)
We describe the major features of a post-2012 international global climate policy architecture with three essential elements: a means to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are involved in differentiated ...