The economics of evaluation in public programs

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Title:

Author:

Link, Albert N.

ISBN:

9780857933416

Publication Information:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Physical Description:

xviii, 531 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series:

International library of critical writings in economics ; 258

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Critical Discussion And Commentary About Evaluation Methods -- 1.`On the Social Rate of Discount', American Economic Review, 58 (4), 788-802 / William J. Baumol -- 2.`Benefit-Cost Analysis: Its Relevance to Public Investment Decisions', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80 (2), May, 208-26 / Arthur Maass -- 3.`The Discipline of Cost-Benefit Analysis', Journal of Legal Studies, XXIX (S2), June, 931-52 / Amartya Sen -- pt. II Program Assessment -- 4.`Evaluating Technology Programs: Tools and Methods', Research Policy, 29 (4-5), 657-78 / David Roessner -- 5.`Analysing the Economic Payoffs from Basic Research', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2 (1), 73-90 / W. Edward Steinmueller -- 6.`Bibliometric Performance Measures', Scientometrics, 36 (3), 293-310 / Kimberly S. Hamilton -- 7.`R&D Value Mapping: A New Approach to Case Study-Based Evaluation', Journal of Technology Transfer, 22 (2), 33-41 / Gordon Kingsley --

Contents note continued: pt. III Program Evaluation -- A.Agriculture -- 8.`Research Costs and Social Returns: Hybrid Corn and Related Innovations', Journal of Political Economy, 66 (5), 419-31 / Zvi Griliches -- 9.`Economic Evaluation of Agricultural Research: An Assessment', Evaluation Review, 9 (3), June, 243-62 / David N. Bengston -- B.Modernization and Quality -- 10.`The Microeconomics of Manufacturing Modernization Programs', Research Policy, 28, 807-18 / Jon P. Nelson -- 11.`An Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige National Quality Program', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 15 (1), January, 83-100 / John T. Scott -- C.Energy and Environment -- 12.`Measuring the Benefits from an Innovation: An Application to Energy', Energy Economics, 1 (1), January, 47-52 / Gideon Fishelson -- 13.`Modeling the Impact of Technical Change on Emissions Abatement Investments in Developing Countries', Journal of Technology Transfer, 30 (1-2), 211-25 / K. Casey Delhotal --

Contents note continued: D.Transportation -- 14.`A Quantitative Approach to the Study of Railroads in American Economic Growth: A Report of Some Preliminary Findings', Journal of Economic History, XXII (2), June, 163-97 / Robert William Fogel -- 15.`Should Urban Transit Subsidies be Reduced?', American Economic Review, 99 (3), 700-724 / Kenneth A. Small -- E.Support of National Infrastructure -- 16.`Modeling and Measuring the Economic Roles of Technology Infrastructure', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17 (7-8), 617-31 / Gregory Tassey -- 17.`Mitigating America's Demographic Dilemma by Pre-Funding Social Security', Journal of Monetary Economics, 54, 247-66 / Jan Walliser -- F.Information Technology -- 18.`The Costs and Benefits of Transferring Technology Infrastructures Underlying Complex Standards: The Case of IPv6', Journal of Technology Transfer, 31 (5), 519-44 / Brent R. Rowe --

Contents note continued: 19.`Evaluating Public Sector R&D Programs: The Advanced Technology Program's Investment in Wavelength References for Optical Fiber Communications', Journal of Technology Transfer, 30 (1-2), 241-51 / John T. Scott -- 20.`Intelligent Machine Technology and Productivity Growth', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17 (7-8), October, 679-89 / John T. Scott -- 21.`Public/Private Partnerships: Stimulating Competition in a Dynamic Market', International Journal of Industrial Organization, 19 (5), 763-94 / John T. Scott -- G.Health Care -- 22.`Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Controlled Experiment: Treating the Mentally Ill', Journal of Human Resources, XVI (4), 523-48 / Burton A. Weisbrod -- 23.`Cost and Benefits of a Community Sobriety Checkpoint Program', Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 59 (4), July, 462-8 / Bruce A. Lawrence --

Contents note continued: 24.`Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Modified Therapeutic Community for Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers', Evaluation and Program Planning, 25 (2), 137-48 / George De Leon -- 25.`Evaluating Technology-based Public Institutions: The Case of Radiopharmaceutical Standards Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology', Research Evaluation, 7 (3), December, 147-57 / Albert N. Link -- 26.`Does Preventive Care Save Money? Health Economics and the Presidential Candidates', New England Journal of Medicine, 358 (7), February 14, 661-3 and Supplementary Appendix, 1-5 / Milton C. Weinstein -- H.Local Public Goods -- 27.`An Application of a Test for Allocative Efficiency in the Local Public Sector', Regional Science and Urban Economics, 20, 395-406 / Steven C. Deller.

Subject Term:

Political planning -- Evaluation.

Political planning -- Economic aspects.

Welfare economics.

Added Author:

Link, Albert N.

Scott, John T., 1947-

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Summary

This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the studies and across the different types of public programs. The key articles presented here explore these different approaches and offer many examples of actual evaluations of public programs across different public policy settings.

Professor Link and Professor Scott have provided an authoritative original introduction, which elucidates this diversity of approaches and settings and challenges scholars to contemplate an evaluation in terms of its theoretical foundation.