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The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
To trust is to risk. When we lend someone money, we make ourselves vulnerable, hoping or expecting that the borrower will reward our trust and return the money at a later stage, possibly with interest or a reciprocal favor ...
Isomorphism and the Limits to African Public Financial Management Reform
(2009)
Many reform results fall below expectations in the development arena, especially in the public sector. Do the reforms just need more time to work better, or should we adjust our expectations? In addressing this question, ...
Measuring the Efficacy of Leaders to Assess Information and Make Decisions in a Crisis: The C-LEAD Scale.
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2009)
Based on literature and expert interviews, we developed the Crisis Leader Efficacy in Assessing and Deciding scale (C-LEAD) to capture the efficacy of leaders to assess information and make decisions in a public health and ...
Consumer Learning and Hybrid Vehicle Adoption
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
We study the diffusion of hybrid vehicles among consumers. Using data on sales of 11 different models over seven years, we identify the effect of the penetration rate – total cumulative hybrid sales per capita – on new ...
The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
Policy analyses frequently clash. Their disagreements stem from many sources, including models, empirical estimates, and values such as who should have standing and how different criteria should be weighted. We provide a ...
Reforming Public Financial Management in Africa
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)
Successful public sector reform is rare in Africa. Over twelve years, Ethiopia transformed its public financial management (PFM) to international standards and now has the third best system in Africa that is managing the ...