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Centers and Programs Policy Briefs

October 2006
Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs, Vienna, Austria, 26-29 October 2006
"Creating Security and Stability in Afghanistan and the Region"
Organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

May 2006
Summary report of the findings and policy recommendations derived from an LISD-sponsored conference
"Iran, Its Nuclear Ambitions, the Region, and the West"
Organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
summary report

July 2005
Culminating Colloquium of the LISD Project on Promoting Stability and Viability in Afghanistan and the Region, Istanbul, Turkey
"Building State and Security in Afghanistan and the Region"
Organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
full report

October 2003
Second Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs on Promoting Security in Afghanistan and the Region
“State Building and Security in Afghanistan and the Region”
Organized by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University in cooperation with the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
policy brief

April 2003
The Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs
"Stability and Viability in Afghanistan: Building a Viable and Effective Afghan State"
Sponsored by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

Faculty Policy Briefs

June 2009
Teacher Quality in Education Production: Tracking, Decay, and Student Achievement
Jesse Rothstein, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
policy brief

July 2008
Ideology
Roland Bénabou, Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

July 2007
Does Gerrymandering Cause Polarization?
Nolan McCarty, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; Keith T. Poole, University California, San Diego; Howard Rosenthal, New York University
policy brief

February 2007
Management and Leadership Performance in the Defense Department: Evidence from Surveys of Federal Employees
MAJ Paul Oh, U.S. Army, M.P.A. Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and David Lewis, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

March 2006
Toward a Fruitful Policy Discourse about Less Educated Young Men
Hillard Pouncy, Visiting Lecturer of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

November 2005
From Desert Storm to Metal Storm: How Iraq Has Spoiled US-Turkish Relations
James Kapsis, M.P.A. Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

September 2005
Political Appointments and Federal Management Performance
David E. Lewis, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

August 2005
Party Discipline and Pork-Barrel Politics
Gene M. Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Elhanan Helpman, Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University
policy brief / complete paper

June 2005
Incarceration, Marriage, and Family Life
Bruce Western, Professor of Sociology; Faculty Associate, Office of Population Research, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief

January 2005
Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers? A Comment on Hoxby (2000)
Jesse Rothstein, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

June 2004
College Performance Predictions and the SAT
Jesse Rothstein, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
policy brief / complete paper - forthcoming in Journal of Econometrics

May 2004
Using Economic and Regulatory Incentives to Restore Endangered Species: Lessons Learned from Three New Programs
David Wilcove, Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Joon Lee, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper - forthcoming in Conservation Biology


May 2004
Does Criminal Law Deter? A Social Science Investigation
Paul H. Robinson, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School; and John M. Darley, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper - for information on the complete paper, please contact Steve Barnes, Director of Media Relations, 609-731-5094

January 2004
Putting Computerized Instruction to the Test: A Randomized Evaluation of a “Scientifically-based” Reading Program
Cecilia Elena Rouse, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and NBER; Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and NBER; with Lisa Markman, Princeton University, Education Research Section
policy brief / complete paper

December 2003
Homer Gets a Tax Cut: Inequality and Public Policy in the American Mind
Larry M. Bartels, Department of Politics and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

October 2003
College Attendance and the Texas Top 10 Percent Law: Permanent Contagion or Transitory Promise?
Marta Tienda, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University; Kalena Cortes, Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University; Sunny Niu, Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

October 2003
Political Appointees and the Quality of Federal Program Management
David E. Lewis, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University John B. Gilmour, Department of Government, College of William & Mary
policy brief / complete paper

September 2003
Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: The Multilateral Public that Perceives Itself as Unilateral
Alexander Todorov, Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and Anesu N. Mandisodza, Department of Psychology, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper - for information on the complete paper, please contact Steve Barnes, Director of Media Relations, 609-731-5094

April 2003
Political Polarization and Income Inequality
Nolan McCarty, Princeton University; Keith T. Poole, University of Houston; Howard Rosenthal, Princeton University and Russell Sage Foundation
policy brief / complete paper

March 2003
Another Look at the New York City School Voucher Experiment
Alan Krueger, Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University and Pei Zhu, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper

February 2003
Closing the Gap?: Admissions and Enrollments at the Texas Public Flagships Before and After Affirmative Action
Marta Tienda, Princeton University; Kevin T. Leicht, The University of Iowa; Teresa Sullivan, University of Texas at Austin; Michael Maltese, Princeton University; Kim Lloyd, Princeton University
policy brief / complete paper