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Recent Publications

Journal Articles
Assessing the Feasibility and Impact of Federal Childhood Obesity Policies
Kersh, Rogan.

Who Is Accountable for Racial Equity in Health Care?
Blustein, Jan

Civic Engagement & National Belonging
Kersh, Rogan.

The Homeland Security Hash
Light, Paul C.

A New Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Health Systems: Invasive Treatment for Heart Disease in the US, France, and Their Two World Cities
Gusmano, Michael K., Victor G. Rodwin, Daniel Weisz, Dhiman Das

The New York Transportation Journal
Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Publisher, Brian P. Sterman, Editor, My Linh H. Nguyen-Novotny, Assistant Editor.

Power, Propensity to Negotiate, and Moving First in Competitive Interactions
Magee J. C., A. Galinsky, and D. Gruenfeld.

In the Heat of the Summer: Lessons from the Heat Waves in Paris
Cadot, Emmanuelle, Victor G. Rodwin, and Alfred Spira

Notes from the Field: Jumpstarting the IRB Approval Process in Multicenter Studies

Blustein, Jan; Regenstein, Marsha; Siegel, Bruce and John Billings.



Population health and the health system: a comparative analysis of avoidable mortality in three nations and their world cities
Weisz, Daniel, Michael K. Gusmano, Victor G. Rodwin, and Leland G. Neuberg

The Role of Faith-Based Institutions in Providing Health Education and Promoting Equal Access to Care: A Case Study of an Initiative in the Southwest Bronx
Kaplan S.A., Calman, N.S., Golub M., Davis J.H., Billings, J.

The Relationship of Sustainability to Telecommunications
Moss, Mitchell, Sarah Kaufman and Anthony Townsend.

Fostering Organizational Change Through a Community-Based Initiative
Kaplan S.A., Calman N.S., Golub M., Ruddock C, Billings J.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: A View from the South Bronx
Kaplan S.A., Calman N.S., Golub M., Davis J.H., Billings J.

Efforts to Improve Public Policy and Programs Through Improved "Data Practice": Experiences in Fifteen Distressed American Cities"
Weitzman, Beth C., Diana Silver and Caitlyn Brazil.

Power and Perspectives Not Taken
Galinksy A., J. C. Magee, M. E. Inesi, and D. H Gruenfeld.

Context Matters: A community-based study of maternal mental health, life stressors, social support and children’s asthma
Shalowitz, M., Mijanovich, T., Berry, C., Clark-Kauffman, E., Perez, E., and Quinn, K.

Nonprofit Housing and Neighborhood Spillovers
Ingrid Gould Ellen and Ioan Voicu.

The Tides of Reform Revisited: Making Government Word, 1945-2002
Light, Paul.

The Price of Female Headship: The Effect of Gender and Family Structure on Savings, Inheritance and Wealth Accumulation.
Conley, D. and M. Ryvicker. N.D

Immigrant and Native-born Differences in School Stability and Special Education: Evidence from New York City
Schwartz, A.E., D. Conger, and L. Stiefel.

Inconsistencies in Place Definition: How Different Operational Place Definitions Affect Estimates of Adolescent Smoking and Drinking Risk
Brady, Joanne and Beth C. Weitzman.

The New York Transportation Journal
Sander, Elliot G., Publisher, and Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Editor, Brian P. Sterman, Editor.

Training Psychiatrists for Public Sector Care: A Survey of Residency Directors on Current Priorities and Preparation
Yedidia, M.J., C.C. Gillespie, and CA Berstein.

A New Way To Compare Health Systems: Avoidable Hospital Conditions in Manhattan and Paris.
Gusmano, Michael K., Victor G. Rodwin, and Daniel Weisz

Home Ownership, Social Insurance and the Welfare State
Conley, D. and B. Gifford.

The Causes of Fiscal Transparency: Evidence from the American States
Alt, J.E., D.D. Lassen, and S. Rose.

Short and Intermediate Economic Impacts of a Terrorist-Initiated Loss of Electric Power: Case Study of New Jersey
Greenberg M., N. Mantell, M. Lahr, F. Felder, and R. Zimmerman.

Is there a Nativity Gap? New Evidence on the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students
Schwartz, A.E. and L. Stiefel.

Disaster Forensics: Leveraging Crisis Information Systems for Social Science
Moss, Mitchell and Townsend, Anthony M.

Books
The Search for Social Entrepreneurship
Light, Paul.

Decentralization in Asia and Latin America: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Perspective
Smoke, Paul.

Universal Health Insurance in France: How Sustainable? Essays on the French Health Care System
Rodwin, Victor, editor.

Growing Older in World Cities: New York, Paris, London and Tokyo
Victor G. Rodwin.

Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations


Finkler, Steven A., David M. Ward, and Judith Baker.



Medical Malpractice and the U.S. Health Care System: New Century, Different Issues
Kersh, Rogan, and William Sage

Decentralization in Asia and Latin America: Towards A Comparative Interdisciplinary Perspective.


Smoke, Paul, George Peterson and Eduardo Gomez, editors.



Government By the People
Magleby, David B., O'Brien, David, Peltason, Jack W., Burns, James MacGregor, Light, Paul and Thomas E. Cronin.

Health Care Delivery in the United States
Kovner, AR and S. Johnas (eds.).

Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research
Stiefel, Leanna; R. Rubenstein; A.E. Schwartz; and J. Zabel, eds.

Book Chapters
Lobbyists: Ten Myths About Power and Influence
Kersh, Rogan

Anti-Fett Politik: Ubergevicht und staatliche Interventionspolitik in den USA
Kersh, Rogan and J. Morone.

Context-Conditional Political Budget Cycles
Rose, S. and J. Alt.

How Integrated Did We Become During the 1990s?
Ellen, Ingrid Gould

Budgeting in New York State: The Growth, Waning and Resurgence of Executive Power
Forsythe, Dall and Donald Boyd.

Lobbyists & the Provision of Political Information
Kersh, Rogan.

Financing Pro-poor Governance in Africa
Smoke, Paul.

Fiscal Decentralization Policy in Developing Countries: Bridging Theory and Reality
Smoke, Paul.

Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management
Finkler, Steven A. and David M. Ward

Micro-Insurance: The Next Revolution?


Morduch, Jonathan.



Reports
High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements of Success Part 2
Allison L. C. de Cerreño and Shishir Mathur

An Empirical Assessment of NYPD’s "Operation Impact": A Targeted Zone Crime Reduction Strategy
Smith, Dennis C. and Robert Purtell

Fare Policy Regarding Regular and/or Inflation-related ("Programmed") Price Increases
Spock, Linda.

The Stafford Act: An Agenda for Reform
Moss, Mitchell.

Pedestrian and Bicyclist Standards and Innovations in Large Central Cities
Allison L. C. de Cerreño and My Linh H. Nguyen-Novotny

Unraveling Geographic Interdependencies in Electric Power Infrastructure
Restrepo C.E., J.S.Simonoff, and R. Zimmerman.

Bi-State Domestic Freight Ferries Study
Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Martin E. Robins, Pippa Woods Anne Strauss-Wieder, Ryan Yeung

Identifying and Reducing Institutional Barriers to Effective and Efficient Freight Movement in the Downstate New York Region
Allison L. C. de Cerreño

The Katrina Effect on Preparedness
Light, Paul C.

The External Effects of Place-Based Subsidized Housing
Schartz, Amy Ellen, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Michael H. Schill, and Ioan Voicu.

Choices at a Critical Junction: New York's Mobility and Highway Infrastructure Needs for 2005-2010
Bruce Schaller

Does Federally Subsidized Rental Housing Depress Neighborhood Property Values?
Ellen, Ingrid Gould, Michael H. Schill, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Ioan Voicu.

Diagnostic Tools to Estimate Consequences of Terrorism Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
Zimmerman, R., C. Restrepo, N. Dooskin, J. Fraissinet, R. Hartwell, J. Miller, and W. Remington.

Facing the Futures: Building Robust Nonprofits in the Pittsburgh Region
Light, Paul.

Assessing New York's Borders Needs
Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Todd Goldman, and Mark Seaman

Rumsfeld's Revolution at Defense
Light, Paul.

High-Speed Rail Projects in the United States: Identifying the Elements for Success
Allison L. C. de Cerreño and Daniel M. Evans

Improving Health and Social Care Management for High Cost Medicaid Patients
Billings, J.

Case Findings for Patients at Risk of Re-Hospitalization: The PARR1 and PARR Algorithm
Billings J, Mijanovich J, Dixon J, Curry N, Wennberg D, Darin B, Steinhort K.

Decision-Making and the Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure
Zimmerman, R.




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Forthcoming Publications
An Invisible Actor in US Governance: the Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Creation of Social Change Leadership
Ospina, Sonia

College Costs and Income Inequality
Schwartz, A.E.

Effects of Anti-Poverty and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity, and If So, Why?
Yoshikawa, H., P.A. Morris, L.A. Gennetian, A.L. Roy, A. Gassman-Pines, and E.B. Godfrey.

Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives
Finkler, Steven A., Christine T. Kovner, and Cheryl Jones.

Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relations in Developing Countries: Navigating a Viable Path to Reform
Smoke, Paul

Government Policies and Household Size: Evidence from New York
Ellen, Ingrid and Brendan O’Flaherty.

Is Retirement Being Remade? Developments in Labor Market Patterns at Older Ages
Chan, S.

Long-Term Associations of Homelessness with Children’s Well-Being
Shinn, M, Schteingart, J.S, Williams, N. P, Carlin-Mathis, J, Bialo-Karagis, N, Becker-Klein, R, & Weitzman, B. C.

Neighborhoods and Schools: Contexts and Consequences for the Mental Health and Risk Behaviors of Children and Youth
Gershoff, E.T. ad J.L. Aber.

Political Parties and Interest Groups: The New Symbiosis
Kersh, Rogan.

Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis
Ellen, Ingrid G., and Katherine O’Regan.

Revisiting the Community Control Database in New York City from the Black Perspective
Stafford, Walter. W.

Risks and Costs of a Terrorist Attack on the Electricity System
Zimmerman, R., C. E. Restrepo, J.S. Simonoff, and L. Lave,

Robert C. Ceaver: A Warrior on the Inside
Stafford, Walter. W.

School Efficiency and Student Sub-groups: Is a Good School Good for Everyone?
Schwartz, A, DY Kim, L Stiefel, and J Zabel

Sensegiving and the Role of Cognitive Shifts In the Work of Leadership
Foldy, Erica and Laurie Goldman, Sonia Ospina.

Separate and Unequal Care in New York City
Calman, N.S., M. Golub, C. Ruddock, L. Le, and S.A. Kaplan.

Taking the Action Turn: Lessons from Bringing Participation to Qualitative Research
Ospina, Dodge, Foldy, and Hofmann.

Teaching Reflective Practices in the Action Science/Action Inquiry Tradition: Key Stages, Concepts, and Practices.
Taylor, Rudolph, and Foldy.

Ten Myths About Health-Care Lobbying
Kersh, Rogan.

The Evolution of Subnational Planning under Decentralization Reforms in Kenya and Uganda
Smoke, Paul, V. Beard, F. Miraftab and C. Silver

The Evolving Role of Public Finance in Post-Conflict State Building in Cambodia
Smoke, Paul and Taliercio, Robert

The Impact of Social Networks and Social /Political Group Participation on HIV Risk Behaviors Among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men
Wilson, P.A., H. Yoshikawa, and J.L. Peterson.

The Knowledge Bank
Morduch, Jonathan.

The Political Manipulation of Rainy Day Funds under Rules versus Discretion
Rose, S.

The Redevelopment of Lower Manhattan: The Role of the City
Moss, Mitchell.

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