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_c45.80 USD
100 1 _aSTOKEY Edith
245 _aA primer for policy analysis /
_cEdith Stokey, Richard Zeckhauser
260 _aNew York :
_bW W Norton,
_c1978
300 _ax, 356 p.
520 _aA practical guide on how to do public sector policy analysis. After a discussion of the idea of policy choices and models and how to choose the correct model, the book looks at specifics: difference equations, queues, simulation, Markov models, defining approaches, cost benefit analysis, valuation of future consequences, linear programming, decision analysis. The final section of the book considers ways and means, the purpose of public choice, achieving desirable outcomes, and putting analysis to work.
650 _aPOLICY ANALYSIS
700 _aZECKHAUSER Richard
598 _a EDP
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