Why does liberal democracy take hold in some countries but not in others? Why do we observe such different outcomes in military interventions, from Germany and Japan to Afghanistan and Iraq? Do efforts to export democracy help as much as they hurt? These are some of the most enduring questions...

Over the past decade, economists have increasingly focused on happiness research. The main focus has been on understanding the interconnection between economic outcomes and the resulting happiness of economic actors. The work in this area has yielded many implications for policy in a number of...

A successful reconstruction is characterized by a widespread coordination problem, combined with potential pockets of conamp;#64258;ict. We analyze the array of relationships that take place in the reconstruction process - political, economic and social - by considering under what circumstances they...