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A new method for estimating the costs of counterfeiting was published today by RAND Europe. The approach uses market data to estimate the effects of intellectual property rights infringements, such as counterfeit products, on sales of legitimate goods.
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Globalization, integrated markets, and the Internet economy have contributed to the rise in IPR infringements. RAND developed a methodology based on economic theory to contribute to quantifying the scope, scale, and impact of IPR infringements, such as counterfeiting, unauthorized downloads, and piracy.
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This study examines the overall scale and trend of price promotions and discounts in some European countries and the responses of consumers and suppliers to a variety of alcohol regulations, including excise duties.
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Summarizes the proceedings of a workshop in which experts on regulatory analysis and terrorism risk examined alternative approaches for estimating the benefits of regulations designed to reduce the risks of terrorist attacks in the United States.
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The objective of this paper is to delineate a set of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses (BCAs) of early childhood programs.
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This book chapter explores the use of cost and outcome measures as a complement to traditional program evaluation in assessing child well-being, especially for early childhood intervention programs.
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This paper proposes a simple methodology that empirically identifies the separate effects of entry and size restrictions on aggregate productivity, and uses it to analyse the impact of a policy reform in India.
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This project addressed the lack of comparable health measures and indices across nations by developing a cross-national model for measuring health status. In applying the measures to several nations, the study found significant variability in genuine health that correlates most closely with national income.
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This project addressed the lack of comparable health measures and indices across nations by developing a cross-national model for measuring health status..
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This paper describes how insights from the field of economics -- primarily human capital theory and monetary payoffs -- provide science-based guidance for early childhood policy.
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The Article argues that the economic analysis of tort law has yet to satisfactorily answer a critical threshold question: which of the many inputs that lead to an accident should be included in a court's liability analysis?
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No stable outcome normally exists with vote trading; the author points out flaws in James S. Coleman's social welfare function model.
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Review of a book: Bargaining and Group Decision Making: Experiments in Bilateral Monopoly, by Sidney Siegel and Lawrence E. Fouraker.
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Director, Center for Latin American Social Policy; Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University College London; M.Sc. in economics, University College London; B.A. in economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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Assistant Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation;
Doctoral Fellow at the Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. candidate (M.Phil.) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P in public policy, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); B.A. in political science and public administration, Peking University
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Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles
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Director, Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE;
Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Duke University; B.A. in mathematics, Furman University
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Senior Economist
Ph.D. in management, University of California, Los Angeles
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Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Princeton University; M.B.A. in finance, M.A. and B.A. in economics, Hebrew University
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Adjunct
Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University; M.A. in economics, Hebrew University; B.A. in economics, Hebrew University
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