Policy analysis usually defines its objectives and constraints too narrowly. It rarely includes consideration of social justice, and more seldom such values as beauty, honor, and dignity.
A study of ways of comparing the cost of planned atmospheric research with the value of the benefits derived. The authors find in this Memorandum that no aggregation of all resulting socioeconomic values is meaningful.
In economic analysis, the cost isoquant between two different commodities from the point of view of a purchaser or a producer is in the general (possibly noncompetitive) case assumed to be concave to the origin.
Associate Economist; Core Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Texas; M.A. in mathematics, University of Southern California; B.A. in mathematics, Pomona College
Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education B.A.S. in economics, UC Davis; B.A.S. in mathematics, UC Davis; Ph.D. in economics, University of Texas
Senior Analyst
Education Ph.D. in health economics, University of East Anglia; M.Sc. in health economics, University of York; Diploma in health sciences, University of East Anglia; B.Sc. in occupational therapy, University of East Anglia
Behavioral and Social Scientist
Education Ph.D. in child clinical psychology, University of Missouri; M.A. in psychology, University of Missouri; B.A. in psychology, University of Michigan
Director, Office of Research Quality Assurance; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; M.A. in Russian and Eastern European studies, Stanford University; A.B. in mathematical economics, Brown University
Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; S.B. in computer science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Quality Assurance Manager, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center; Senior Economist
Education B.S. in agricultural economics, Cornell University; Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley; M.S. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley
Adjunct Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in English, Cornell University
Associate Economist
Education Ph.D. in economics, UC San Diego; M.A. in economics, UC San Diego; B.A. in mathematics, Northwestern University; B.A. in economics, Northwestern University
Director, RAND International Research; Distinguished Chair in International Economic Policy; Senior Economist; Director, Initiative for Global Human Progress, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago; M.S. in computer science, University of Wisconsin; B.Tech. in mechanical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Quality Assurance Manager, RAND Social and Economic Well-Being Division
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in economics, Purdue University
