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Policy analysis / David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining.

Weimer, David Leo. (Author). Vining, Aidan R. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780205781300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0205781306 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xix, 473 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Boston : Longman, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preview: the Canadian salmon fishery -- What is policy analysis? -- Toward professional ethics -- 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 -- Policy problems as market and government failure: the Madison taxicab policy analysis example -- Correcting market and government failures: generic policies -- Adoption -- Implementation -- Government supply: drawing organizational boundaries -- Gathering information for policy analysis -- Landing on your feet: organizing your policy analysis -- Cost-benefit analysis: assessing efficiency -- When statistics count: revising the lead standard for gasoline -- Doing well and doing good.