Professors' Picks

Williams professors select the best of what's come across their desks so you can stay up-to-date with the latest research, opportunities, and resources.

Prof. Caprio recommends: “Prudential Regulation Can Help in Tackling Climate Change”

This blog post from the Council on Economic Policies discusses the shortfalls in the current regulatory framework for dealing with climate change, and how regulation can be a tool in helping deal with it.

Prof. Ashraf recommends: “Replication Redux: The Reproducibility Crisis and the Case of Deworming”

In this article, Owen Ozier of the World Bank examines the difficulty of reproducing the results of seminal experiments through the example of the debate around mass deworming interventions.

Prof. Caprio Recommends: Taxation and State Capacity

Taxation and State Capacity In this VoxDev talks, Tim Besley of LSE talks about how some states, like the Nordics, can enjoy higher rates of taxation and still get compliance, whereas others might not be able to attain either. He attributes the ability to tax as a cultural phenomenon that can be changed over time:…