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Recent Publications

Journal Articles
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Challenges in Managing Philanthropic Support for Public Services
Brecher, Charles and Oliver Wise.

The Stafford Act and Priorities for Reform
Moss, Mitchell; Schellhamer, Charles and David A Berman.

The "Sociological Citizen": Relational Interdependence in Law and Organizations
Silbey, Susan, Ruthanne Huising, and Salo V. Coslovsky

The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client Agencies
Schachter, David and Deena Schwartz.

Spending, Size, and Grade Span in K-8 Schools
Rubenstein, Ross and Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, Jeffrey Zabel.

Seeing Power in Action: The Roles of Deliberation, Implementation, and Action in Inferences of Power
Magee, J. C.

"New Politics of Health Policy"
Kersh, Rogan

Microfinance Meets the Market
Morduch, Jonathan; Cull, Robert and Demirguc-Kunt, Asli.

Immigration and Urban Schools: The Dynamics of Demographic Change in the Nation's Largest School District
O'Regan, Katherine and Ingrid Gould Ellen, Dylan Conger.

The Politics of Obesity: A Current Assessment & Look Ahead
Kersh, Rogan.

Medicaid Patients at High Risk for Frequent Hospital Admission: Real-time Identification and Remedial Risks
Goldfrank, Louis and John Billings, Maria Raven, et al.

Power, Safety and Learning in Racially Diverse Groups
Foldy, E.G. TR Buckley and P Rivard.

Does the Built Environment Affect the Utility of Walking? A Case of Path Choice in Downtown Boston.
Guo, Zhan.

Achieving Horizontal Equity: Must We Have A Single-Payer Health System?
Gusmano, Michael K; Weisz, Daniel and Victor G. Rodwin.

Calorie Labeling And Food Choices: A First Look At The Effects On Low-Income People In New York City
Elbel, Brian; Kersh, Rogan; Brescoll, Victoria L. and L. Beth Dixon.

Stirring up the Mud: Using a Community-Based Participatory Approach to Address Health Disparities through a Faith-Based Initiative
Kaplan, Sue A.

Weaving Color Lines: Race, Ethnicity, and the Work of Leadership in Social Change Organizations
Ospina, Sonia

A Boundless Enterprise: The Legacy of the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children and Judith Kaye
Schall, Ellen and Sheryl Dicker.

Optimal Resource Allocation for Defense of Targets Based on Differing Measures of Attractiveness
Bier, V. and N. Haphuriwat, J. Menoyo, R. Zimmerman, A. Culpen.

Health Care as an Investment? Reframing the Health Policy Debates in Europe
Rodwin, V. and M. Gusmano, M. Suhrcke, E. Nolte, M. Mckee, D. Weisz.

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

Equity and Accountability: The Impact of State Accountability Systems on School Finance
Rubenstein, Ross and Sonali Ballal, Leanna Stiefel, Amy Ellen Schwartz.

Neighborhood Selection and the Social Reproduction of Concentrated Racial Inequality
Sampson, Robert J. and Patrick Sharkey.

If You Build It, Will They Come? Estimating Unmet Demand for After-School Programs in America’s Distressed Cities
Weitzman, Beth and Diana Silver, Tod Mijanovich, Caitlyn Brazill.

Reversal of Fortunes: Low Income Neighborhoods in the 1990s
O'Regan, Katherine and Ingrid Gould Ellen.

Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for Practice
Iatarola, Patrice and Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, Colin C. Chellman.

Pedestrian Environments, Walking Path Choice, and Transfer Penalties: Understanding Land-Use Impacts on Transit Travel
Guo, Zhan and Joseph Ferreira, Jr.

What Should Society Expect from Heirs? A Proposal for a Comprehensive Inheritance Tax.
Batchelder, Lily

Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and Dissonance
Galinsky, Adam; Magee, Joe; Gruenfeld, Deborah; Whitson, Jennifer and Katie Liljenquist.

How personalized and socialized power motivation facilitate antisocial and prosocial decision-making
Magee, Joe and Carrie Langner.

Books
Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare
Kovner, Anthony R; Fine, David R. and D'Aquila, Richard.

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
Morduch, Jonathan; Collins, Daryl; Rutherford, Stuart and Ruthven, Olivia.

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

The Search for Social Entrepreneurship
Light, Paul.

A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It
Light, Paul C.

Understanding the Arts and Creative Sector in the United States.
Stewart, Ruth Ann and Joni M Cherbo, Margaret Wyszomirski

Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action
Aber, J.L., D. Phillips, S.M. Jones, and K. Mclearn

Making Information Technology Work: Maximizing the Benefits for Health Care Organizations
Kropf, Roger and Guy Scalzi.

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

Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations
Finkler, Steven A., David M. Ward, and Judith Baker.

Book Chapters
Recent Changes in Dutch Health Insurance: Individual Mandate or Social Insurance
Okma, Kieke.

Service Level Agreements - A Tool for Negotiating and Sustaining Information Technology Performance
Scalzi, Guy and Roger Kropf.

Analysis of Electrical Power and Oil and Gas Pipeline Failures
Simonoff, J.S. and C.E. Restrepo, R. Zimmerman, Z.S. Naphtali.

The State of Health Delivery in the United States
Kovner, AR, with J. Knickman.

Governance, Management, and Accountability
Kovner, AR.

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

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

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

Analysis of Electrical Power and Oil and Gas Pipeline Failures
Simonoff, J.S. and C.E. Restrepo, Rae Zimmerman, Z.S. Naphtali.

Health and Disease in Global Cities: A Neglected Dimension of National Health Policy
Rodwin, Victor G.

Reports
Leading Change Handbook
Spiro, Jody

The High Cost of Segregation: The Relationship Between Racial Segregation and Subprime Lending
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

Predicting Organizational Crisis Readiness: Perspectives and Practices toward a Pathway to Preparedness
Light, Paul

Small Schools, Large Districts: Small School Reform and New York City’s Students
Iatarola, Patrice and Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel, Colin Chellman.

Public Opinion toward Legislating for the Future: An Update
Light, Paul.

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

Making the Most of Our Parks
Brecher, Charles and Oliver Wise.

Options for Budget Reform in New York State
Brecher, Charles and CBC staff.

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

Medicaid in New York: Why New York’s Program is the Most Expensive in the Nation and What to Do About It
Brecher, Charles and Elizabeth Lynam, Sheila Spiezio.

Old Assumptions, New Realities: The Truth About Wages and Retirement Benefits for Government Employees
Brecher, Charles and Elizabeth Lynam, Sheila Spiezio.

Public Authorities in New York State.
Brecher, Charles and Jo Brill.

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

Danger Ahead! How to Balance the MTA’s Budget
Brecher, Charles.

Recent Trends in the Availability and Affordability of Housing in New York City
Voicu, Ioan and Michael Gedal.

Infrastructure Support for Emergency Response: Preliminary Criteria and Indicators for Infrastructure Linkages to Emergency Services
Zimmerman, Rae.

New York’s Public Authorities: Promoting Accountability and Taming Debt
Brecher, Charles and Jo Brill.

State Arterial Highway System Peer City Review
de Cerreño, Allison L. C.




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Forthcoming Publications

"Budget," "Mayorality," and "City Council" in Encyclopedia of New York City
Brecher, Charles and Horton, Raymond D.

"Understanding the Political Context of 'New' Policy Issues: The Use of the Advocacy Coalition Framework in the Case of Expanded After-School Programs"
Brecher, Charles; Brazill, Caitlyn; Weitzman, Beth C. and Silver, Diana.

$750 Billion Misspent? Getting More from Tax Incentives
Batchelder, Lily with Austin Nichols and Eric Toder.

A Comparison of Public Housing Revitalization Programs in France and the United States
Gedal, Michael.

A Work Force of Choice
Kovner, A.R.

Access to Finance
Morduch, Jonathan and Dean Karlan.

Achieving Horizontal Equity: Must We Have a Single Payer Health System?
Rodwin, Victor and M Gusmano, D Weisz.

Aggregation, Sample Composition, and Measurement Issues Involved in Estimating School Effects
Schwartz, Amy Ellen and L. Stiefel, J. Zabel.

Cooking Stoves, Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Rural Orissa, India
Hanna, Rema, et al.

Crafting Public Health Policy: Obesity & 110th Congress
Kersh, Rogan.

Creating a National Election
Kersh, Rogan.

Crime and US Cities: Recent Patterns and Implications
Ellen, Ingrid Gould and O'Regan, Katherine

Distribution of Federal Anti-Terrorism Funds in the United States: a Comparison of Data-Driven Approaches Based on Electric Power Generation
Greenberg, M. R. and R. Zimmerman.

Do Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Have Economically Integrated Schools?
Ellen, Ingrid Gould and Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel.

Dynamics of School Demographic Change: Immigrant Students and New York City
Ellen, Ingrid Gould Katherina O’Regan and Dylan Conger.

Event Attention, Environmental Sensemaking, and Change in Institutional Logics: An Inductive Analysis of the Effects of Public Attention to Clinton's Health Care Reform Initiative
Nigam, Amit and William Ocasio.

Financial Management
Kovner, A.R

Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 3rd Edition
Finkler, Steven A.

Health Care in World Cities; New York, London and Paris
Rodwin, Victor; Gusmano, MK and Weisz, D.

How New York Housing Policies Are Different and Maybe Why
Ellen, Ingrid Gould and Brendan OFlaherty.

In the Shadow of the UN: The Global North and South in NYC
Stafford, Walter. W. and C. Nicole Mason

Introduction
Stewart, Ruth Ann and Jason Franklin

Making Ends Meet: Women and Poverty in New York City
C.Nicole Mason and Diana Salas

Managing Infrastructure Resiliency, Safety and Security
Zimmerman, Rae.

Mission Matters: The Cost of Small High Schools Revisited
Stiefel, Leanna and Amy Ellen Schwartz, Patrice Iatarola and Colin Chellman.

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

Power and the construal of a crisis: The immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001
Magee, J.C., F.J. Milliken, & A.R. Lurie.

Power, Safety and Learning in Racially Diverse Teams
Foldy, Erica G.

Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis
Ellen, Ingrid Gould and Katherine O’Regan, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel.

Re-creating Street Level Practice: The Role of Routines, Work Groups and Team Learning
Foldy, E.G. and T.R. Buckley.

Strategy in the Department of Nursing
Kovner, A.R.

Substance Use Treatment Barriers for Patients with Frequent Hospital Admissions
Billings, John and Raven, M., Carrier, E., et al.

Take Care of Your Nurses
Kovner, A.R.

Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance Tax
Batchelder, Lily

The Appropriate Uses of Student-level and School-level Data for Measuring School Performance
Schwartz, A.E. L. Stiefel, and J. Zabel.

The Cost of Small Schools Revisited
Schwartz, Amy Ellen and Leanna Stiefel, Colin Chellman, Patrice Iatarola.

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

Transportation Density and Opportunities for Expediting Recovery to Promote Security
Zimmerman, R. and J.S. Simonoff.

Two Pounds of Rice
Kovner, A.R.

Urban Aging, Social Isolation, and Emergency Preparedness
Rodwin, V. and , M.K. Gusmano.

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