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All Weatherhead Center affiliates are invited to submit papers to the Weatherhead Center Working Paper Series. Manuscripts are selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs, originality of research, rigor of analysis, and significance of conclusions. To inquire about submitting a manuscript, please e-mail publications@wcfia.harvard.edu.

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Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China
by Abrami, Regina M.; Malesky, Edmund; Zheng, Yu
Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more rapid economic growth than China and Vietnam. But while China's income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam's...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: July 2008 More
Biofuels and Sustainable Development
by Clark, William C.; Devereux, Michael; Lee, Henry
The goals and concerns surrounding the debate over government policies related to the greater use and production of biofuels were addressed in an executive session convened by the John F. Kennedy...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: July 2008 More
Outsourcing the Big Stick: The Consequences of Using Private Military Companies
by Petersohn, Ulrich
The outsourcing of military functions is always accompanied by a loss of control over the use of force. Whereas the variances in handling consequences by weak versus strong states have already been...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: June 2008 More
Overcoming the Challenges to the Implementation of Green Chemistry
by Clark, William C.; Matus, Kira J. M.; Anastas, Paul T.; Itameri-Kinter, Kai
The Harvard-Yale-ACS GCI Green Chemistry Project is investigating the overall question of the circumstances under which firms can enact innovations that have both economic and environmental benefits,...
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Published Date: June 2008 More
Remapping Inequality in Europe: The Net Effect of Regional Integration on Total Income Inequality in the European Union
by Beckfield, Jason
Research on the determinants of inequality has implicated globalization in the increased income inequality observed in many advanced capitalist countries since the 1970s. Meanwhile, a different form...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: June 2008 More
The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa
by Bates, Robert H.; Block, Steven
In this chapter, we explore patterns of variation in the content of agricultural policies in Africa. We look at the impact of the government’s need for revenues, the incentives for farmers to...
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Published Date: May 2008 More
Who Gets Bought? Vote Buying, Turnout Buying, and Other Strategies
by Gans-Morse, Jordan; Mazzuca, Sebastián; Nichter, Simeon
During elections in many countries, political parties distribute particularistic benefits to individuals. The existing literature reveals that parties choose from at least five distinct strategies...
Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
Published Date: April 2009 More
Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering
by Kremer, Michael; Khwaja, Asim; Clingingsmith, David
We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants in a lottery used by Pakistan to allocate Hajj visas. Pilgrim...
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Published Date: April 2008 More
Earning from History: Financial Markets and the Approach of World Wars
by Ferguson, Niall
We are living through a paradox—or so it seems. Since September 11, 2001, according to a number of neo-conservative commentators, America has been fighting World War III (or IV, if you like to give...
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Published Date: February 17, 2008 More
Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?
by Rogoff, Kenneth S.; Rossi, Barbara; Chen, Yu-chin
This paper studies the dynamic relationship between exchange rate ‡fluctuations and world commodity price movements. Taking into account parameter instability, we demonstrate surprisingly robust...
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Published Date: February 14, 2008 More
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