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Showing 1 to 20 of 554 for “"Policy analysis"”.
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Sustainability and economic policy analysis
… systematically underestimated in conventional analysis. To remedy the biases against future generations and the complete valuation of natural capital, a sustainability constraint on the economic activities of the current generation is proposed. This constraint requires compensation for natural …
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Urban transportation systems policy analysis
… and between them are studied through scenario analysis using simulation (Dynamo Ill) and analytical techniques. The range of policy covers social and economic measures, traffic strategies, transit management, and highway expansion programs. Certain combinations of these options are also …
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Three essays in economic policy analysis
… contains three essays relating to economic policy analysis. The first chapter is an empirical study of the employment effects of minimum wages that are indexed to inflation. The second chapter is an impact evaluation of a land rights program for herders in Mongolia. The third chapter uses …
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Computer aided tax avoidance policy analysis
… methodology offers taxpayers, auditors and policy-makers a computational approach to resolve uncertainty in partnership taxation, lower the cost of the auditing process through automation and provide a conceptual exploration of tax policy implications.
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Transitional medical assistance: A classical policy analysis
This study provides a policy analysis of Missouri’s Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Program to determine if TMA helps reduce the number of uninsured Missourians. To evaluate implementation of TMA, this analysis follows Patton and Sawicki’s model of policy analysis. Trends in TMA enrollment, …
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Alternative methodological approaches to natural resource policy analysis: an illustration of an institutional approach to land use policy analysis
Policy economists are increasingly called upon to participate in the institutional design of natural resource policies, predict interpret impacts of alternative the direction of future policy policies, and formulations. However, many of the forces influential in the current reformulation of these …
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South African policy analysis on respectful maternal care
… interventions at multiple levels including policy. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which current policy addresses RMC in South Africa, and identify any potential gaps therein. The study was conducted through a desk-based review of policy documents, accessed through …
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A Policy Analysis of the Endangered Species Act
… were recovering, and a logistic regression analysis was performed to identify which aspects of the ESA most contribute to recovery. Of the 747 species tested, only 24% had a population that was stable or improving. Time listed and classification group were found to significantly influence …
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Theoretical and Empirical Contributions to Monetary Policy Analysis
… of New Keynesian tradition, and studies monetary policy around a non efficient steady state. Using a two-stage approach developed by Levine, McAdam, and Pearlman (2007), I show that in the presence of backward looking firms, the central planner improves social welfare when it allows for a steady …
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A Novel Approach to White-Box Policy Analysis
… decisions from multiple component policies using policy combining algorithms. In such dynamic environments, analysis of policies is a challenge. In this thesis, I propose a white-box policy analysis Decision in Context (DIC), that would analyse component policies situated inside a composite …
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Three essays on monetary policy analysis in Mongolia
This thesis presents three papers on monetary policy analysis for Mongolia. The first paper measures the lagged effect of the monetary transmission mechanism on inflation and output in Mongolia using a sign-restricted structural vector autoregression (SVAR). We find the following results. First, …
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Three essays on monetary policy analysis in Mongolia
This thesis presents three papers on monetary policy analysis for Mongolia. The first paper measures the lagged effect of the monetary transmission mechanism on inflation and output in Mongolia using a sign-restricted structural vector autoregression (SVAR). We find the following results. First, …
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Hospital cost inflation : economic approaches for policy analysis.
Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.
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Quantitative policy analysis for aviation biofuel production technologies
This paper quantifies the impacts of various policy options on the economic viability of six aviation biofuel production technologies. The pathways considered are isobutanol to jet from corn grain, hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) from inedible fats and oils (IFO), HEFA from palm fatty …
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Challenges of the Energiewende from a policy analysis perspective
… The unclear and sometimes contradictory policy goals of the Energiewende as well as suboptimally designed policy instruments in key areas of the Energiewende are the two major areas of concerns of this dissertation. The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to the solution of selected …
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A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE SECTOR POLICY ANALYSIS
… contemporary issues in U.S. agriculture sector policy. The historical and theoretical development of this type of model is reviewed with particular emphasis upon the incorporation of agricultural producer risk in a mean, variance framework. USMP is solved for equilibrium price, production and …
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Integrated behavioral health care in Michigan : a policy analysis
… health is becoming increasingly more recognized, policymakers and stakeholders are interested in addressing the health disparities of the Michigan population. Research continues to exemplify that those living with co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions have higher health care costs …
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Maintaining Medicaid and MAT : policy analysis for post-incarceration
The federal Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP) suspends Medicaid during incarceration, creating healthcare access gaps upon release, particularly for those with substance use disorders. Michigan House Bill 5698 (2024) aims to address these gaps by mandating Medicaid reactivation and …
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Canada's foreign aid program : a policy analysis (1946-1980)
… or try to influence internal politics or foreign policy views of recipients as well as to increase Canada's image and prestige among donors. Such use of aid is readily interpreted by the leaders of the Third World as proof that Canada's entire aid program is part of a neo-imperialist scheme. While …
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