Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice

Name: Policy Analysis Concepts and Practice
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ISBN: 9780131090835

ISBN-10: 0131090836

ISBN-13: 9780131090835

Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: David L. Weimer, Aidan Vining

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For one-semester, senior/graduate-level courses in Introduction to Policy Analysis, Fundamentals of Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Public Finance, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Government and Business. This introduction explores both the hows and whys of the practices of public policy. The text provides reality-based practical advice about how to actually conduct policy analysis and demonstrates the application of advanced analytic techniques.

Book details

List price: $78.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 486
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Introduction



Preview: The Canadian Salmon Fishery



What Is Policy Analysis?



Toward Professional Ethics



Conceptual Foundations



Efficiency and the Idealized Competitive Model



Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures



Rationales for Public Policy: Other Limitations of the Competitive Framework



Rationales for Public Policy: Distributional and Other Goals



Limits to Public Intervention: Government Failures



Correcting Market and Government Failures: Generic Policies



Doing Policy Analysis



Landing on Your Feet: How to Confront Policy Problems



Gathering Information for Policy Analysis



Goals/Alternatives Matrices: Some Examples from CBO Studies



Benefit-Cost Analysis



Measuring Consumer Surplus in the Presence of Income Effects



Thinking Strategically About Adoption and Implementation



Doing Policy Analysis in Organizational Settings



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



When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline



Conclusion



Doing Well and Doing Good


Index