Books & Papers

Books • Papers

Through its research initiatives, the Tobin Project catalyzes new work by scholars from many institutional and disciplinary backgrounds on issues of pressing importance to society. Some Tobin research initiatives culminate in publication and book projects, which present original research written and edited by scholars with the assistance of the organization’s research team. In other research areas, the Tobin Project convenes scholars to develop their thinking through working papers which are often then published as academic articles. With respect to all written work, the Tobin Project aims to provide a community where scholars from varied disciplines can collaborate, test, and refine their ideas with the input of a range of scholars and practitioners.  

BOOKS

The Tobin Project has produced several books across its primary research areas. With each edited volume or self-published book, the Tobin Project aims to integrate new ways of investigating an important problem in one accessible publication, and, ideally, to unlock doors for future research in a field. These publications aim both to encourage rigorous scholarship on questions of real-world importance and to share the best contemporary understanding of the subject at hand within a single volume.

Preventing Capture: Special Interest Influence in Regulation, and How to Limit It Recent crises in (de)regulated industries have made it clear that regulation is both necessary and, in many cases, in need of significant improvement. More »	New Perspectives on Regulation New regulation shouldn't rely on old ideas. Since the 1960s, influential research on government failure helped to drive the movement for deregulation and privatization. More »
The Prudent Use of Power in American National Security Strategy In The Prudent Use of Power in American National Security Strategy, a compendium of ten essays originally presented at the Tobin Project’s December 2009 conference, leading scholars examine the utility of “nonkinetic” (or non-military) power in U.S. national security policy. More »	Government & Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation As the financial crisis has shown, neither traditional market failure models nor public choice theory, by themselves, sufficiently inform or explain our current regulatory challenges, nor point us toward the best solutions. More »
Race, Reform and Regulation of the Electoral Process This book offers a critical re-evaluation of three fundamental and interlocking themes in American democracy: the relationship between race and politics, the performance and reform of election systems, and the role of courts in regulating the political process. More »	How To Make America Safe: New Policies for National Security How can we make America safe? The Tobin Project posed this question to eleven leading scholars of foreign policy and national security. More »