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On Balanced Games Without Side Payments: A Correction

The purpose of this paper is to repair Lemma 6.3 appearing in the author's previous paper of the same title (P-4910, September 1972).

May 1, 2021

Lloyd S. Shapley
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Contemporary Issues in Gun Policy: Essays from the RAND Gun Policy in America Project

This report, part of RAND's Gun Policy in America project, presents essays that synthesize the available scientific data on topics pertinent to firearm policy in the United States, such as mass shootings and firearm and ammunition taxes.

Apr 15, 2021

Rajeev Ramchand, Jessica Saunders
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Transforming Global Education Through Evidence: An Evaluation System for the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program

In this report, researchers develop a framework to evaluate the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program, explain methods for assessing progress over five years, and present preliminary results after a year of evaluation.

Apr 15, 2021

Susan Guthrie, Harold D. Green, Joe Francombe, Brian Phillips, Hamish Evans, Benjamin K. Master, Elaine Lin Wang, Shelly Culbertson
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The Iran Threat Network (ITN): Four Models of Iran's Nonstate Client Partnerships

The authors explore Iran's relationships with nonstate actors to better enable the U.S. government to counter Iranian subversion in the region via the Iran Threat Network, a loose network of non-Iranian, nonstate groups supported by Tehran.

Apr 14, 2021

Ariane M. Tabatabai, Jeffrey Martini, Becca Wasser
Research Brief

U.S. Prescription Drug Prices Are 2.5 Times Those in Other OECD Countries

RAND researchers used 2018 prescription drug volume and price data to compare U.S. drug prices with those in 32 other nations, both overall and for specific categories of drugs, such as brand-name and generic medications.

Apr 14, 2021

Andrew W. Mulcahy, Christopher M. Whaley, Mahlet Gizaw, Daniel Schwam, Nathaniel Edenfield, Alejandro U. Becerra-Ornelas
Journal Article

Study on 'Support to the Observatory for the Online Platform Economy' Analytical paper #4: Online platforms with significant/strategic market status

This paper examines evidence in order to better understand various issues relating to, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of, emerging approaches to identifying online platforms with significant/strategic market status.

Apr 14, 2021

Advait Deshpande, Cagla Stevenson, Amelia Harshfield, Salil Gunashekar
Journal Article

Study on 'Support to the Observatory for the Online Platform Economy' Analytical paper #8: Developments concerning B2B platforms and emerging cloud services

The aim of this analytical paper is to understand developments concerning B2B platforms, and the emerging issues that they may face and that they give rise to.

Apr 14, 2021

Advait Deshpande, Cagla Stevenson, Mann Virdee, Salil Gunashekar
Journal Article

A Qualitative Evaluation of Housing for Health in Los Angeles County

This study uses data from 14 qualitative interviews with senior leaders and nine focus groups with tenants and program staff to understand tenant experiences with permanent supportive housing programs, as they relate to care coordination.

Apr 13, 2021

Alina I. Palimaru, Kathryn G. Kietzman, Nadereh Pourat, Ricardo Basurto-Davila
Journal Article

Making Schools Safer And/Or Escalating Disciplinary Response: A Study of Police Officers in North Carolina Schools

In this study, we try to understand the causal role that school resource officers play in school safety and the day-to-day practice of school discipline by using incident-level administrative data from North Carolina public schools.

Apr 13, 2021

Lucy C. Sorensen, Yinzhi Shen, Shawn David Bushway
Journal Article

Impact on Nonfirearm Deaths of Firearm Laws Affecting Firearm Deaths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

State gun policies that reduce firearm homicides are likely to reduce overall homicides in the state by approximately the same number. It is currently unknown whether the same holds for state gun policies that significantly reduce firearm suicides.

Apr 13, 2021

Rosanna Smart, Terry L. Schell, Matthew Cefalu, Andrew R. Morral
Journal Article

How High: Differences in the Developments of Cannabis Markets in Two Legalized States

This paper is the first to examine cannabis market data from Washington alongside that from Oregon, two states that are similar in regard to legalizing retail sales of cannabis but differ in terms of their regulatory frameworks.

Apr 13, 2021

Caislin Firth, Steven Davenport, Rosanna Smart, Julia A. Dilley
Journal Article

Acknowledging and Monitoring the Costs of Seriously Regulating Cannabis

Wilkins & Rychert highlight challenges to achieving the Cannabis Legalization and Control Bill's objectives of reducing cannabis use and harms.

Apr 13, 2021

Rosanna Smart
Journal Article

Capsule Commentary for Azcarate Et Al., Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and Patient Perception of Physician Attitudes Among the US Population

Commentary on an article by Azcarate et al., assessing U.S. adults' motivations for and perceived physician attitudes towards medical cannabis use.

Apr 13, 2021

Rosanna Smart, Bryce Pardo
Journal Article

Prescribers and Naloxone Pharmacy Claims

Commentary on an article by Truong, Patil, and Rich, on the benefits and dangers of naloxone prescriptions.

Apr 13, 2021

Rosanna Smart, Caroline Geiger, Christopher M. Jones, Bradley D. Stein
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Outcome Evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion

An outcome evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion scheme in England, which identifies and supports people in the criminal justice system with health issues and vulnerabilities, using a novel, large-scale linked data set.

Apr 12, 2021

Emma Disley, Evangelos Gkousis, Shann Hulme, Katherine I. Morley, Jack Pollard, Catherine L. Saunders, Jon Sussex, Alex Sutherland
Research Brief

Findings from the national evaluation of Liaison and Diversion services in England

An outcome evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion scheme in England, which identifies and supports people in the criminal justice system with health issues and vulnerabilities, using a novel, large-scale linked data set.

Apr 12, 2021

Emma Disley, Evangelos Gkousis, Shann Hulme, Katherine I. Morley, Jack Pollard, Catherine L. Saunders, Jon Sussex, Alex Sutherland
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Examining Career and Technical Education in National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Programs

The authors examined career and technical education opportunities for participants in the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program, a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16-18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school.

Apr 12, 2021

Louay Constant, Robert Bozick, Nicholas Broten, Joy S. Moini
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The Credentials Students Earn Beyond a High School Diploma

The author describes common types of postsecondary education credentials and presents data on how frequently individuals earn these credentials and the demographic characteristics of these individuals.

Apr 12, 2021

Lindsay Daugherty
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Army Analytic Capabilities: A Case Study Within Army Contracting Command and Its Implications

The U.S. Army lacks access to modern, commonplace analytical data management tools, and its data are locked away in siloed and proprietary databases. To solve these two challenges, the authors found an effective, efficient, and quick path forward.

Apr 12, 2021

William Marcellino, Justin Grana, Jair Aguirre, Amber Jaycocks, Christian Johnson, Joshua Kerrigan
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Countering the Risks of North Korean Nuclear Weapons

The authors argue that the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) should pursue firm deterrence of North Korean nuclear weapon use—which might soon pose a serious threat to the United States and the ROK—rather than relying on negotiations.

Apr 12, 2021

Bruce W. Bennett, Kang Choi, Myong-Hyun Go, Bruce E., Jr. Bechtol, Jiyoung Park, Bruce Klingner, Du-Hyeogn Cha

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