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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Figures
Tables
Preface
Part I: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
1 Preview: The Canadian Salmon Fishery
Increasing the Social Value of the Canadian Salmon Fishery
Postscript and Prologue
For Discussion
2 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
3 Toward Professional Ethics
Analytical Roles
Value Conflicts
Ethical Code or Ethos?
For Discussion
Part II: Conceptual Foundations for Problem Analysis
4 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
5 Rationales for Public Policy: Market Failures
Public Goods
Externalities
Natural Monopoly
Information Asymmetry
Conclusion
For Discussion
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
Part III: Conceptual Foundations for Solution Analysis
10 Correcting Market and Government Failures: 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
11 Adoption
The Big Picture: Policy Process Frameworks and Theories
Practical Approach to Assessing and Influencing Political Feasibility
Conclusion
For Discussion
12 Implementation
Some Factors Affecting Success and Failure
Thinking Strategically about Implementation Problems
Conclusion
For Discussion
13 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?
Transaction Cost Case Study: Public-Private Partnerships
Assessing and Building Capacity
Conclusion
For Discussion
Part IV: Doing Policy Analysis
14 Gathering Information for Policy Analysis
Document Research
Field Research
Putting Together Document Review and Field Research
Conclusion
For Discussion
15 Landing on Your Feet: Organizing Your Policy Analysis
Analyzing Yourself
The Client Orientation
Steps in Rationalist Policy Analysis
Problem Analysis
Solution Analysis
Communicating Analysis
Self-Analysis Once Again: Combining Linear and Nonlinear Approaches
Conclusion
For Discussion
16 Cost-Benefit Analysis: Assessing Efficiency
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
17 When Statistics Count: Revising the Lead Standard for Gasoline
Background: The EPA Lead Standards
Origins of the 1985 Standards
Pulling Together the Pieces
A Closer Look at the Link between Gasoline Lead and Blood Lead
Finalizing the Rule
Conclusion
For Discussion
Part V: Conclusion
18 Doing Well and Doing Good
Name Index
Subject Index
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