Finding alternatives

Lesson drawing/Best practices research

Diffusion of innovations

Incentives and rational behavior

Policy instruments & the tools of government

Bardach: 71 - 95

Patton & Sawicki: 227 - 256

RES #4: Salamon, Lester M.. 2002. "The New Governance and the Tools of Public Action: An Introduction." in Lester M. Salamon (ed) The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Handout - Catastrophic Insurance Coverage Proposal

Handout - Cheating Teacher

Handout - Why cap and trade could fail (incentives & behavior)

Handout - Tariffs on ethanol

Handout - Tax policy & nonprofits

Handout - Water prices & conservation

Handout - Problems with using incentives - Cash for Clunkers (10/09)

Handout - Inefficiencies with the Stimulus Program (10/09)

Handout - Unintended consequences and Superfreakonomics (10/09)

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Handout - Summary of policy instruments available to government

Figures - Alternatives

To be added

Rogers, Everett M.. 1995. Diffusion of Innovations. New York, NY: The Free Press. 

Salamon, Lester M. (Ed). 1989. Beyond Privatization: The Tools of Government Action. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

Rose, Richard. 1993. Lesson-Drawing in Public Policy: A Guide to Learning Across Time and Space. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers