Public Policy in an Uncertain World : : Analysis and Decisions /

Public Policy in an Uncertain World : : Analysis and Decisions / / Charles F. Manski.

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Public policy advocates routinely assert that "research has shown" a particular policy to be desirable. But how reliable is the analysis in the research they invoke? And how does that analysis affect the way policy is made, on issues ranging from vaccination to minimum wage to FDA drug app...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
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Manski, Charles F.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (162 p.) :; 1 graph, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I POLICY ANALYSIS
  • 1 Policy Analysis with Incredible Certitude
  • 2 Predicting Policy Outcomes
  • 3 Predicting Behavior
  • II POLICY DECISIONS
  • 4 Planning with Partial Knowledge
  • 5 Diversified Treatment Choice
  • 6 Policy Analysis and Decisions
  • Appendix A: Derivations for Criteria to Treat X-Pox
  • Appendix B: The Minimax- Regret Allocation to a Status Quo Treatment and an Innovation
  • Appendix C: Treatment Choice with Partial Knowledge of Response to Both Treatments
  • References
  • Index

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