Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth

New Political Economy 18(6): 827-844

Author(s): Natalka Patsiurko, John Campbell, John Hall

This paper examines the proposition that the economic performance of advanced capitalist countries depends on their size and ethnic composition. As such it blends insights from two important literatures in comparative political economy. One is exemplified by the…

PNAS 110(1): 70-75

Author(s): Beau Sievers, Larry Polansky, Michael Casey, and Thalia Wheately

Music moves us. Its kinetic power is the foundation of human behaviors as diverse as dance, romance, lullabies, and the military march. Despite its significance, the music-movement relationship is poorly understood. We present an empirical method for…

Res Publica 19(4):317-333

Author(s): Lucas Swaine

This article analyzes the moral and political implications of strong moral character for political action. The treatment provides reason to hold that strong moral character should play a role in a robust normative account of political leadership. The case is supported by empirical findings…

Library of Congress, 2013

Author(s): Deborah Nichols

Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, 19(3):360-367

Author(s); Ajit Appari, Emily Carran, M. Eric Johnson, and Denise Anthony

Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(2), 2012

Author(s): Natalka Patsiurko, John Campbell, and John Hall

Many claim that national economic success depends upon cultural homogeneity. We collect new time-series data and develop new measures of ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization for the OECD countries. We show that cultural diversity may vary…

Health Services Research 48(2): 354-375

Author(s): Ajit Appari, M. Eric Johnson, Denise Anthony

Objective

To estimate the incremental effects of transitions in electronic health record (EHR) system capabilities on hospital process quality.

Data Source

Hospital Compare (process quality), Health Information and Management Systems Society Analytics (EHR use), and Inpatient Prospective…

Developmental Neurophysiology 36(3): 302-318

Author(s): Donna Coch, Priya Mitra, Elyse George, Natalie Berger

Event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral accuracy judgments were recorded in a letter name rhyming paradigm (e.g., A-J versus A-B) with 6- to 8-year-old beginning readers and adults. A typical N450 rhyming effect was evident for both…

International Center for Business and Politics (48): 1-28

Author(s): John Campbell and Ove Pedersen

Comparative political economy has been dominated since the 1970s by two waves of research. The first one examined how different types of policy-making regimes affect policy making and, in turn, national economic competitiveness (e.g., Katzenstein 1978)…

Journal of Health & Social Behavior 55(1): 108-124

Author(s): Ajit Appari, Denise Anthony, and M. Eric Johnson 

Health care in the United States is highly regulated, yet compliance with regulations is variable. For example, compliance with two rules for securing electronic health information in the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and…