Occasional Papers

RAND occasional papers were products of RAND from 2003 to 2013 that included informed perspectives on a timely policy issue, discussions of new research methodologies, essays, papers presented at a conference, and summaries of work in progress.

2009

• Oversight of the Liberian National Police

  Feb 6, 2009

  Gompert, David C., Robert C. Davis, and Brooke Stearns Lawson

• Adjusting to Global Economic Change: The Dangerous Road Ahead

  Jan 28, 2009

  Levine, Robert A.

• The Lessons of Mumbai

  Jan 15, 2009

  Rabasa, Angel, Robert D. Blackwill, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, C. Christine Fair, Brian A. Jackson, Brian Michael Jenkins, Seth G. Jones, Nathaniel Shestak, and Ashley J. Tellis

• Determining When Competition Is a Reasonable Strategy for the Production Phase of Defense Acquisition

  Jan 1, 2009

  Arena, Mark V., John Birkler

• Dollar Value and Risk Levels: Changing How Weapon System Programs Are Managed

  Jan 1, 2009

  Murphy, Robert, John Birkler

• Improving Acquisition Outcomes: Organizational and Management Issues

  Jan 1, 2009

  Blickstein, Irv, Charles Nemfakos

• On Prototyping: Lessons from RAND Research

  Jan 1, 2009

  Drezner, Jeffrey A., Meilinda Huang

• Shining a Spotlight on the Defense Acquisition Workforce -- Again

  Jan 1, 2009

  Gates, Susan M.

• A Strategic Planning Approach: Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration

  Jan 1, 2009

  Davis, Lynn E., Melanie W. Sisson

• Untying Gulliver: Taking Risks to Acquire Novel Weapon Systems

  Jan 1, 2009

  Birkler, John

2008

• Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S. Detailed Survey Data Tables

  Dec 7, 2008

  Harris, Katherine M., Jürgen Maurer, and Nicole Lurie

• Midseason Influenza Vaccine Use by Adults in the U.S. A Snapshot as of Mid-November 2008

  Dec 7, 2008

  Harris, Katherine M., Jürgen Maurer, and Nicole Lurie

• Marrying Prevention and Resiliency: Balancing Approaches to an Uncertain Terrorist Threat

  Nov 30, 2008

  Jackson, Brian A.

• A Call to Revitalize the Engines of Government

  Nov 24, 2008

  Rostker, Bernard D.

• The Problem of Measuring Emergency Preparedness: The Need for Assessing ''Response Reliability'' as Part of Homeland Security Planning

  Nov 14, 2008

  Jackson, Brian A.

• Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir

  Sep 29, 2008

  Kent, Glenn A., David A. Ochmanek, Michael Spirtas, and Bruce R. Pirnie

• Briefing on Linkage and Exchange: Facilitating Diffusion of Innovation in Health Services

  Sep 26, 2008

  Conklin, Annalijn, Michael Hallsworth, Evi Hatziandreu, and Jonathan Grant

• Options for Improving the Military Child Care System

  Sep 13, 2008

  Zellman, Gail L., Susan M. Gates, Michelle Cho, and Rebecca Shaw

• Pay for Performance in California's Workers' Compensation Medical Treatment System: An Assessment of Options, Challenges, and Potential Benefits

  Jul 1, 2008

  Wynn, Barbara O., Melony E. Sorbero

• A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India

  Jun 14, 2008

  Ma, Sai, Neeraj Sood

• The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5

  May 11, 2008

  Chalk, Peter

• Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6

  May 10, 2008

  Long, Austin

• The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

  May 6, 2008

  Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Lynn A. Karoly

• Breaking the Failed-State Cycle

  Apr 6, 2008

  Haims, Marla C., David C. Gompert, Gregory F. Treverton, and Brooke Stearns Lawson

• Issues and Performance in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System

  Mar 15, 2008

  Greenberg, Michael D., Amelia Haviland

• The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research

  Mar 9, 2008

  Dertouzos, James N., Nicholas M. Pace, and Robert H. Anderson

• Education and the Asian Surge: A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China

  Feb 15, 2008

  Goldman, Charles A., Krishna B. Kumar, and Ying Liu

• Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?

  Feb 11, 2008

  Beckett, Megan K.

• Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

  Jan 5, 2008

  Seong, Somi, Kenneth Horn, and Bruce Held

2007

• Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis

  Jan 1, 2008

  Marquis, Jefferson P., Nelson Lim, Lynn Scott, Margaret C. Harrell, and Jennifer Kavanagh

• Modernizing the Federal Government: Paying for Performance

  Dec 7, 2007

  Montoya, Silvia, John D. Graham

• The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector

  Nov 12, 2007

  Hoffman, Bruce, Anna-Britt Kasupski

• Banking System Reform in China: The Challenges of Moving Toward a Market-Oriented Economy

  Sep 6, 2007

  Okazaki, Kumiko

• Polarized Politics and Policy Consequences

  Aug 26, 2007

  Epstein, Diana, John D. Graham

• Understanding Proto-Insurgencies: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 3

  Aug 23, 2007

  Byman, Daniel

• Money in the Bank -- Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 4

  Aug 17, 2007

  Rabasa, Angel, Lesley Anne Warner, Peter Chalk, Ivan Khilko, and Paraag Shukla

• Commercial Wind Insurance in the Gulf States: Developments Since Hurricane Katrina and Challenges Moving Forward

  Jul 15, 2007

  Dixon, Lloyd, James W. Macdonald, and Julie Zissimopoulos

• Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?

  Jul 6, 2007

  Loughran, David S., Seth A. Seabury, and Laura Zakaras

• Perennial Polyculture Farming: Seeds of Another Agricultural Revolution?

  Jun 17, 2007

  Dewar, James A.

• Analysis, Analysis Practices, and Implications for Modeling and Simulation

  Apr 9, 2007

  Davis, Paul K., Amy Henninger

• Leading the Executive Branch: Strategies and Options for Achieving Success

  Feb 20, 2007

  Brown, Elizabeth D., John D. Graham

• Subversion and Insurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 2

  Feb 13, 2007

  Rosenau, William

• Heads We Win -- The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN): RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 1

  Feb 4, 2007

  Gompert, David C.

2006

• Making Sense of Data-Driven Decision Making in Education: Evidence from Recent RAND Research

  Nov 7, 2006

  Marsh, Julie A., John F. Pane, and Laura S. Hamilton

• Revisiting US-VISIT: U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences

  Oct 24, 2006

  Ortiz, David S., Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Aruna Balakrishnan, and Merril Miceli

• From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management: Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

  Oct 18, 2006

  Kahan, James P., Mengjie Wu, Sara Hajiamiri, and Debra Knopman

• Improving the Effectiveness of Distributed Learning: A Research and Policy Agenda

  Jul 6, 2006

  Straus, Susan G., Jolene Galegher, Michael G. Shanley, and Joy S. Moini

• A Brief Analysis of the Republic of Korea’s Defense Reform Plan

  Jun 12, 2006

  Bennett, Bruce W.

• Rebuilding Housing Along the Mississippi Coast: Ideas for Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Affordable Housing

  May 15, 2006

  Bernstein, Mark A., Julie Kim, Paul Sorensen, Mark Alan Hanson, Adrian Overton, and Scott Hiromoto

• Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California

  Jan 23, 2006

  Zimmer, Ron, Richard Buddin

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