Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice

Name: Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice
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ISBN: 9780131830011

ISBN-10: 0131830015

ISBN-13: 9780131830011

Edition: 4th 2005

Authors: David Leo Weimer, Aidan R. Vining

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This book both introduces and explores the hows and whys of the practices of public policy. It provides reality-based practical advice about how to actually conduct policy analysis and demonstrate the application of advanced analytic techniques. A five-part organization emphasizes that policy analysis is client-oriented and raises ethical issues; provides rationales for public policy describing the limitations to effective public policy and generic policy solutions; gives practical advice about implementing policy analysis; presents several examples illustrating how analysts have approached policy problems and the differences that their efforts have made; and summarizes the role and…

Book details

List price: $114.20
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface



Introduction to Public Policy Analysis



Preview: The Canadian Salmon Fishery


Increasing the Social Value of the Canadian Salmon Fishery


Postscript and Prologue


For Discussion



What Is Policy Analysis?


Policy Analysis and Related Professions


Policy Analysis as a Profession


A Closer Look at Analytical Functions


Basic Preparation for Policy Analysis


For Discussion



Toward Professional Ethics


Analytical Roles


Value Conflicts


Ethical Code or Ethos?


For Discussion



Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis



Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model


The Efficiency Benchmark: The Competitive Economy


Market Efficiency: The Meaning of Social Surplus


Caveats: Models and Reality


Conclusion


For Discussion



Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures


Public Goods


Externalities


Natural Monopoly


Information Asymmetry


Conclusion


For Discussion



Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework


Thin Markets: Few Sellers or Few Buyers


The Source and Acceptability of Preferences


The Problem of Uncertainty


Intertemporal Allocation: Are Markets Myopic?


Adjustment Costs


Macroeconomic Dynamics


Conclusion


For Discussion



Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals


Social Welfare Beyond Pareto Efficiency


Substantive Values Other Than Efficiency


Some Cautions in Interpreting Distributional Consequences


Instrumental Values


Conclusion


For Discussion



Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures


Problems Inherent in Direct Democracy


Problems Inherent in Representative Government


Problems Inherent in Bureaucratic Supply


Problems Inherent in Decentralization


Conclusion


For Discussion



Policy Problems as Market and Government Failure: The Madison Taxicab Policy Analysis Example


Regulation of the Madison Taxi Market


The Relationship between Market and Government Failures


Conclusion


For Discussion



Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis



Correcting Market and Government Failure: Generic Policies


Freeing, Facilitating, and Simulating Markets


Using Subsidies and Taxes to Alter Incentives


Establishing Rules


Supplying Goods through Nonmarket Mechanisms


Providing Insurance and Cushions


Conclusion


For Discussion



Adoption and Implementation


The Adoption Phase


The Implementation Phase


Thinking More Strategically about Policy Design


Conclusion


For Discussion



Government Supply: Drawing Organizational Boundaries


Production Costs, Bargaining Costs, and Opportunism Costs


Predicting Bargaining and Opportunism Costs


Can Opportunism Be Controlled by the Use of Not-for-Profits?


Assessing and Building Capacity


Conclusion


For Discussion



Doing Policy Analysis



Gathering Information for Policy Analysis


Document Research


Field Research


Putting Document Review and Field Research Together


Conclusion


For Discussion



Landing on Your Feet: How to Confront Policy Problems


Analyzing Yourself: Meta-Analysis


The Client Orientation


Steps in Rationalist Policy Analysis


Problem Analysis


Solution Analysis


Communicating Analysis


Meta-Analysis Once Again: Combining Linear and Nonlinear Approaches


Conclusion


For Discussion



Goals/Alternatives Matrices: Some Examples from CBO Studies


Setting Out Broad Options: Auctioning Radio Spectrum Licenses


Quantitative Predictions: Restructuring the Army


Comparing Proposed Alternatives: Launching Digital Television


Combining Policy Alternatives: Improving Water Allocation


Conclusion


For Discussion



Cost-Benefit Analysis


A Preview: Increasing Alcohol Taxes


Identifying Relevant Impacts


Monetizing Impacts


Discounting for Time and Risk


Choosing among Policies


An Illustration: Taxing Alcohol to Save Lives


Conclusion


For Discussion



Case Studies of Policy Analysis



Cost-Benefit Analysis in a Bureaucratic Setting: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve


Background: Energy Security and the SPR


Analytical Approaches to the Size Issue


The Role of Analysis in the SPR Size Controversy


Postscript


Conclusion


For Discussion



When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline


Background: The EPA Lead Standards


Origins of the 1985 Standards


Pulling the Pieces Together


A Closer Look at the Link between Gasoline Lead and Blood Lead


Finalizing the Rule


Conclusion


For Discussion



Conclusion



Doing Well and Doing Good


Name Index


Subject Index