Important Hard Problems in Public Policy Analysis
ResearchPublished 1987
This paper identifies a set of 16 "important hard problems" (IHPs) related to the performance of a policy analysis study whose solutions would be considered of great value to researchers and practitioners. The IHPs are divided into three categories: those relating to (1) specific steps in the policy analysis process, (2) the overall policymaking process, and (3) the decision paradigm. This paper was written in response to a request from the Program Director for the Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program at the National Science Foundation.
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Builder, Carl H., David Draper, B. F. Goeller, James P. Kahan, Kathleen A. Wolf, and Warren Walker, Important Hard Problems in Public Policy Analysis, RAND Corporation, P-7282, 1987. As of September 5, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7282.html
Builder, Carl H., David Draper, B. F. Goeller, James P. Kahan, Kathleen A. Wolf, and Warren Walker, Important Hard Problems in Public Policy Analysis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1987. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7282.html. Also available in print form.
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