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Wittmer, Colorado College This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. Learn more Published Research Environmental Policy An Upper-Bound Assessment of the Benefits of Reducing Perchlorate in Drinking Water The Environmental Protection Agency plans to issue new federal regulations to limit drinking water concentrations of perchlorate, which occurs naturally and results from the combustion of rocket fuel. This article presents an upper-bound estimate of the potential benefits of alternative maximum contaminant levels for perchlorate in drinking water. Learn more Published Research When the smoke clears: expertise, learning and policy diffusion Authors: Craig Volden, Charles R. Shipan In federal systems, governments have the opportunity to learn from the policy experiments – and the potential successes – of other governments. Whether they seize such opportunities, however, may depend on the expertise or past experiences of policymakers. Learn more Published Research The Communication of Ideas across Subfields in Political Science Authors: Craig Volden, Erin R. Graham, Charles R. Shipan What factors inhibit or facilitate cross-subfield conversations in political science? This article draws on diffusion scholarship to gain insight into cross-subfield communication. Learn more Published Research Environmental Policy Elements of emission market design: An experimental analysis of California's market for greenhouse gas allowances Authors: Charles Holt, William Shobe, Thaddeus Huetteman We use a set of economic experiments to test the effects of some novel features of California’s new controls on greenhouse gas emissions. The California cap and trade scheme imposes limits on allowance ownership, uses a tiered price containment reserve sale, and settles allowance auctions based on the lowest accepted bid. Learn more Published Research Dispatches from the Eastern Front: A Political Education from the Nixon Years to the Age of Obama Authors: Gerald Warburg A naïve undergraduate is transported from a small California town to the intensely competitive world of Capitol Hill policymaking. Gerald Felix Warburg’s memoir is not just a story about four decades in Washington, although a life spent as a House of Representatives and Senate staffer, and as a lobbyist and professor, provides remarkable insight into the struggles, the strategies, and the people of the U.S. capital. Learn more Published Research Economics The Aggregate Impact of Household Saving and Borrowing Constraints: Designing a Field Experiment in Uganda Authors: Molly Lipscomb, Joseph Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan Learn more Published Research Health Policy Doctor Knows Best: Physician Endorsements, Public Opinion, and the Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research Authors: Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber, David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling The Obama administration has made a major investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER) to learn what treatments work best for which patients. CER has the potential to reduce wasteful medical spending and improve patient outcomes, but the political sustainability of this initiative remains unclear due to concerns that it will threaten the doctor-patient relationship. Learn more Published Research Education A Confident Humility: MPP Students and the ‘Uses of History' Authors: Guian A. McKee Learn more Published Research Pursuing Poverty Deconcentration Distracts from Housing Policy Reforms That Would Have a Greater Effect on Poverty Alleviation Authors: Edgar O. Olsen The federal government has multiple housing policies to pursue multiple goals. For example, it promotes homeownership primarily through provisions of the individual income tax. Learn more Published Research The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship Authors: Bala Mulloth, Kisilowski, M.(Eds), George Soros Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Next page Next ›
Published Research A Revised Look at Interstate Wars, 1816–2007 Authors: Allan C. Stam, Dan Reiter, Michael C. Horowitz Interstate war data are critical for many important research areas in international relations. Scholars working in these areas frequently rely on the Correlates of War (COW) interstate war data. Learn more
Published Research Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers Authors: Craig Volden, Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University, Dana E. Wittmer, Colorado College This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. Learn more
Published Research Environmental Policy An Upper-Bound Assessment of the Benefits of Reducing Perchlorate in Drinking Water The Environmental Protection Agency plans to issue new federal regulations to limit drinking water concentrations of perchlorate, which occurs naturally and results from the combustion of rocket fuel. This article presents an upper-bound estimate of the potential benefits of alternative maximum contaminant levels for perchlorate in drinking water. Learn more
Published Research When the smoke clears: expertise, learning and policy diffusion Authors: Craig Volden, Charles R. Shipan In federal systems, governments have the opportunity to learn from the policy experiments – and the potential successes – of other governments. Whether they seize such opportunities, however, may depend on the expertise or past experiences of policymakers. Learn more
Published Research The Communication of Ideas across Subfields in Political Science Authors: Craig Volden, Erin R. Graham, Charles R. Shipan What factors inhibit or facilitate cross-subfield conversations in political science? This article draws on diffusion scholarship to gain insight into cross-subfield communication. Learn more
Published Research Environmental Policy Elements of emission market design: An experimental analysis of California's market for greenhouse gas allowances Authors: Charles Holt, William Shobe, Thaddeus Huetteman We use a set of economic experiments to test the effects of some novel features of California’s new controls on greenhouse gas emissions. The California cap and trade scheme imposes limits on allowance ownership, uses a tiered price containment reserve sale, and settles allowance auctions based on the lowest accepted bid. Learn more
Published Research Dispatches from the Eastern Front: A Political Education from the Nixon Years to the Age of Obama Authors: Gerald Warburg A naïve undergraduate is transported from a small California town to the intensely competitive world of Capitol Hill policymaking. Gerald Felix Warburg’s memoir is not just a story about four decades in Washington, although a life spent as a House of Representatives and Senate staffer, and as a lobbyist and professor, provides remarkable insight into the struggles, the strategies, and the people of the U.S. capital. Learn more
Published Research Economics The Aggregate Impact of Household Saving and Borrowing Constraints: Designing a Field Experiment in Uganda Authors: Molly Lipscomb, Joseph Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Doctor Knows Best: Physician Endorsements, Public Opinion, and the Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research Authors: Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber, David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling The Obama administration has made a major investment in comparative effectiveness research (CER) to learn what treatments work best for which patients. CER has the potential to reduce wasteful medical spending and improve patient outcomes, but the political sustainability of this initiative remains unclear due to concerns that it will threaten the doctor-patient relationship. Learn more
Published Research Education A Confident Humility: MPP Students and the ‘Uses of History' Authors: Guian A. McKee Learn more
Published Research Pursuing Poverty Deconcentration Distracts from Housing Policy Reforms That Would Have a Greater Effect on Poverty Alleviation Authors: Edgar O. Olsen The federal government has multiple housing policies to pursue multiple goals. For example, it promotes homeownership primarily through provisions of the individual income tax. Learn more
Published Research The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship Authors: Bala Mulloth, Kisilowski, M.(Eds), George Soros Learn more