Are Hydrogen Cars Good for America?
November 2007
Policy Study 363
By William J. Korchinski
» Full Text (.pdf)
» Press Release
Fueling America: How Hydrogen Cars Affect the Environment
November 2004
Policy Study 322
By William J. Korchinski
» Full Study (.pdf)
Clearing the Air in California
March 2003
Policy Brief 27
By Adrian Moore and Joel Schwartz
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Q&A About Forests and Global Climate Change
September 2001
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Text (.pdf)
Reducing Global Warming Through Forestry and Agriculture
July 2001
Plain English Guide 4
By Steven R. Schroeder and Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Text (.pdf)
Clearing the Air in Houston: Innovative Strategies for Ozone Control and Air Quality
November 2000
Policy Study 273
By Kenneth Green, D. Env. and Lisa Skumatz, Ph.D.
» Full Study (html)
Mopping up After a Leak: Setting the Record Straight on the "New" Findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
October 2000
E-Brief 105
By Kenneth Green, D. Env.
» Full Text (html)
A Plain English Guide to Climate Change
August 2000
Plain English Guide 3
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Text (html)
Climate Change Policy Options and Impacts
February 1999
Policy Study 252
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (html)
13 Questions Asked About the Science of Climate Change
October 1998
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Text (.pdf)
Evaluating the Kyoto Approach to Climate Change
February 1998
Policy Brief
By Kenneth Green
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Plain English Guide to Climate Change
December 1997
Policy Study 237
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (html)
Costs, Economic Impacts, and Benefits of EPA's Ozone and Particulate Standards
June 1997
Policy Study 226
By Anne Smith
» Full Study (html)
Estimating Fatalities Induced by Economic Impacts of EPA's Ozone and Particulate Standards
June 1997
Policy Study 225
By Ralph Keeney and Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Rethinking EPA's Proposed Ozone and Particulate Standards
June 1997
Policy Study 224
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Checking Up on Smog Check: A Critique of Traditional Inspection and Maintenance Programs
March 1997
Policy Study 222
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (html)
Defending Automobility: A Critical Examination of the Environmental and Social Costs of Auto Use
December 1995
Policy Study 198
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (html)
The Case Against Electric Vehicle Mandates in California
May 1995
Policy Study 189
By Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson
» Full Study (html)
Looking Beyond ECO: Alternatives to Employer Based Trip Reductions
March 1995
Policy Study 185
By Kenneth Green, D.Env.
» Full Study (html)
Nuts and Bolts: The Implications of Choosing Greenhouse-Gas Emission Reduction Strategies
November 1993
Policy Study 171
By Richard J. McCann and Stephen J. Moss
» Full Study (html)
Global Warming: The Greenhouse, White House, and Poorhouse Effects
September 1993
Policy Study 167
By Steven J. Moss and Richard J. McCann
» Full Study (html)
Market Pricing for Air Pollution: An Alternative to the AQMP
March 1989
Policy Study 113
By Jo Ann Kwong
» Full Study (.pdf)
Increasing Airport Capacity Without Increasing Airport Size
March 2008
Policy Study 368
By Viggo Butler
» Full Text (.pdf)
» News Release: JFK Has Room to Add a Runway, Reduce Delays
» News Release: Doubling the Bad Weather Capacity at San Francisco International Airport
Congestion Pricing for the New York Airports:
Reducing Delays while Promoting Growth and Competition
December 2007
Policy Study 366
By Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Benjamin Dachis
» Full Text (.pdf)
» Frequently Asked Questions About Airport Congestion Pricing (.pdf)
» Press Release
Using the Revenues from Airport Pricing
November 2007
Policy Brief 68
By David Z. Plavin
» Full Text (.pdf)
Evidence That Airport Pricing Works
November 2007
Policy Brief 67
By Dr. George L. Donohue and Dr. Karla Hoffman
» Full Text (.pdf)
Congestion Pricing at New York Airports
November 2007
Policy Brief 66
By Michael E. Levine
» Full Text (.pdf)
The Urgent Need to Reform the FAA's Air Traffic Control System
March 2007
Policy Study 358
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Business Jets and ATC User Fees: Taking a Closer Look
August 2006
Policy Study 347
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Resolving the Crisis in Air Traffic Control Funding
May 2005
Policy Study 332
By Vaughn Cordle and Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Press Release
Why an Air Traffic Control Corporation Makes Sense
March 2003
Policy Study 307
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
How to Commercialize Air Traffic Control
February 2001
Policy Study 278
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Statement by Former FAA Administrators Supporting Reason Plan
More Airline Competition: Yet Another Reason for Airport Privatization
December 1999
E-Brief 104
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Text (html)
Airline Deregulation: The Unfinished Revolution
March 1999
Policy Study 255
By Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Viggo Butler
» Full Study (html)
Passenger-Friendly Airports: Another Reason for Airport Privatization
March 1999
Policy Study 254
By Asheesh Advani
» Full Study (html)
Airport Privatization Pilot Program
September 1996
Policy Brief 4
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Reinventing Air Traffic Control: A New Blueprint for a Better System
May 1996
Policy Study 206
By Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Viggo Butler
» Full Study (html)
How to Privatize Orange County's Airports
August 1995
Policy Study 194
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (html)
Guidelines for Airport Privatization
October 1994
How-to-Guide No. 13
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Text (.pdf)
Privatizing Milwaukee's Airport
July 1994
Policy Study 178
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (html)
How to Spin Off Air Traffic Control
August 1993
Policy Study 166
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (html)
Privatizing Los Angeles International Airport
April 1993
Policy Study 143
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (html)
Expanding Airport Capacity
June 1992
Policy Study 141
By William Payson and Steven Steckler
» Full Study (html)
The Public Benefits of Privatizing Logan Airport
November 1991
Policy Study 134
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Building a Safer and More Effective Air Traffic Control System
February 1991
Policy Study 126
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Airport Privatization: What the Record Shows
August 1990
Policy Study 124
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Privatizing Airports
January 1990
Policy Study 119
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Selling LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports
May 1990
Policy Study 117
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Privatizing the Air Traffic Control System
November 1986
Policy Study 101
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Airport Security: Time for a New Model
January 2006
Policy Study 340
By Robert Poole
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
A Risk Based Airport Security Policy
May 2003
Policy Study 308
By Robert Poole, with George Passantino
» Full Study (.pdf)
Improving Airport Passenger Screening
September 2002
Policy Study 298
By Robert Poole
» Full Study (.pdf)
Rethinking Checked-Baggage
July 2002
Policy Study 297
By Robert Poole and Viggo Butler
» Full Study (.pdf)
Streamlining San Diego: Achieving Taxpayer Savings and Government Reforms Through Managed Competition
September 2007
By Geoffrey F. Segal, Adam B. Summers, Leonard C. Gilroy, and W. Erik Bruvold
» Full Text (.pdf)
» Press Release
Sensible Policies for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles
March 2007
Policy Brief 57
By Skaidra Smith-Heisters
» Full Brief (.pdf)
No Choices Left Behind: Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
December 2006
Policy Study 354
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Analysis of California's Proposition 88: Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
October 2006
Policy Brief 56
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
Analysis of California's Proposition 90: The Protect Our Homes Act
October 2006
Policy Brief 54
By Leonard C. Gilroy, AICP
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
A Bad Idea Gone Too Far: Proposition 86, The Tobacco Tax
October 2006
Policy Brief 53
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Skaidra Smith-Heisters
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Undermining the Future: Problems with November's Bond Initiatives, and Alternatives
September 2006
Policy Brief 52
By Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D., George Passantino, and Adam B. Summers
» Full Brief (.pdf)
A Pocket Guide to Propositions on California's November 2006 Ballot
September 2006
Policy Brief 51
By George Passantino
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Addressing California's Transportation Needs: Problems with Proposition 1B and Alternative Approaches
September 2006
Policy Study 341
By Ted Balaker, Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D., George Passantino, Robert W. Poole, Jr., Adam Summers, and Lanlan Wang
» Full Study (.pdf)
Enabling Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation in California
September 2006
Policy Brief 50
By George Passantino
» Full Brief (.pdf)
The Bond Propositions on California's November Ballot: Where Would the Money Be Spent?
September 2006
Policy Brief 49
By Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D.
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Addressing California's School and University Building Needs: Alternatives to Proposition 1D
September 2006
Policy Brief 48
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Addressing California's Affordable Housing Shortage: Alternatives to Proposition 1C
September 2006
Policy Brief 47
By Leonard C. Gilroy, AICP, Adam B. Summers, and Samuel R. Staley, Ph.D.
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Propositions 1E and 84: Funding the State’s Water and Flood Control Infrastructure
September 2006
Policy Brief 46
By Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam B. Summers
» Full Brief (.pdf)
The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
February 2006
Policy Brief 42
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
California's K-12 Education Primer
May 2005
Policy Brief 40
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
The Orange County Toll Roads: Largely Successful
March 2005
Policy Brief 39
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Orange County's 91 Express Lanes: A Transportation and Financial Success, Despite Political Problems
March 2005
Policy Brief 38
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Brief (.pdf)
How to Tackle Some of LA's Problems
March 2005
Policy Brief 35
By Reason Foundation
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Easing California's Transportation Crisis with Tolls and Public-Private Partnerships
January 2005
Policy Study 324
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Press Release
Expanding Slot Gaming in California: A Business Analysis
October 2004
Policy Study 326
By Jeffrey C. Hooke and Thomas A. Firey
» Full Study (.pdf)
Special Education Accountability: Structural Reform to Help CA Charter Schools Make the Grade
July 2004
Policy Study 319
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work? Evidence from Los Angeles County and Orange County
June 2004
Policy Study 320
By Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham
» Full Study (.pdf)
San Diego Citizens' Budget Plan
June 2004
By Reason and Performance Institute
» Full Report (.pdf)
Roadmap to Reform for California
August 2003
By George Passantino, Reason, Carl DeMaio, Reason, Kathleen Connell, Matt Fong, Bill Jones, Bill Baker, and Lucy Killea
» Full Report (.pdf)
Smart Growth in Action, Part II: Case Studies in Housing Capacity and Development from Ventura County, California
May 2003
Policy Study 311
By Geoffrey Segal, William Fulton, Susan Weaver, and Lily Okamura
» Full Study (.pdf)
Citizens’ Budget – How to Balance CA Budget without Tax Increases
April 2003
By Reason
» Full Report (.pdf)
San Jose Demonstrates the Limits of Urban Growth Boundaries and Urban Rail
March 2003
Policy Study 309
By Randall O'Toole
» Full Study (.pdf)
The Salinas Utility Users Tax: Necessary Revenue Source or Government Waste?
October 2002
Policy Study 300
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Adam B. Summers
» Full Study (.pdf)
California Competitive Cities: A Report Card on Efficiency in Service Delivery in California's 10 Largest Cities
February 2002
Policy Study 291
By Geoffrey F. Segal, Adrian T. Moore, and James Nolan
» Full Study (.pdf)
Smart Growth in Action: Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County
January 2002
Policy Study 288
By William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory, and Jeff Jones
» Full Study (.pdf)
Getting Electricity Deregulation Right: How Other States and Nations Have Avoided California's Mistakes
February 2001
Policy Study 281
By Lynne Kiesling
» Full Study (.pdf)
Powering Up California: Policy Alternatives for the California Energy Crisis
February 2001
Policy Study 280
By Adrian T. Moore and Lynne Kiesling
» Full Study (.pdf)
A Transit Plan for Hillsborough County, California
June 1998
Policy Study 241
By Peter Gordon
» Full Study (.pdf)
Better Transportation Alternatives for Los Angeles
September 1997
Policy Study 232
By Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II
» Full Study (html)
Why Rail Will Fail: An Analysis of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Range Plan
August 1996
Policy Study 209
By Thomas Rubin and James Moore
» Full Study (html)
Community Law Enforcement: The Success of San Diego's Volunteer Policing Program
May 1996
Policy Study 204
By Kathy Kessler and Julie Wartell
» Full Study (html)
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Reforming California's Roadway System
August 1995
Policy Study 191
By Randall J. Pozdena, Ph.D.
» Full Study (html)
The Case Against Electric Vehicle Mandates in California
May 1995
Policy Study 189
By Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson
» Full Study (html)
Rescuing Orange County
May 1995
Policy Study 188
By Robert W. Poole, Jr.
» Full Study (.pdf)
Revitalizing Our Cities: Perspectives from America's New Breed of Mayors
March 1995
Policy Study 186
By William D. Eggers
» Full Study (html)
Competitive Government for a Competitive Los Angeles
November 1994
Policy Study 182
Edited by William D. Eggers
» Full Study (html)
The Counterplan for Transportation in Southern California: Spend Less, Serve More
February 1994
Policy Study 174
By Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson
» Full Study (html)
School Voucher Programs in the United States: Implications and Applications for California
February 1994
Policy Study 172
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
The Facts About Gridlock in Southern California
August 1993
Policy Study 165
By Peter Gordon and Harry W. Richardson
» Full Study (html)
Comparing Public and Private Bus Transit Services: A Study of the Los Angeles Foothill Transit Zone
July 1993
Policy Study 163
By John O'Leary
» Full Study (html)
Water Marketing in California: Past Experience, Future Prospects
July 1993
Policy Study 162
By Richard W. Wahl
» Full Study (html)
Fostering Commercial Transit: Alternatives in Greater Los Angeles
September 1992
Policy Study 146
By Robert Cervero
» Full Study (html)
Using Revenues From Congestion Pricing: A Southern California Case Study
September 1992
Policy Study 145
By Kenneth A. Small
» Full Study (html)
Survey of Education Vouchers and Their Budgetary Impact on California
August 1992
Policy Study 144
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Corporate Corrections? Frequently Asked Questions About Prison Privatization
November 2002
FAQ
By Geoffrey F. Segal
» Full Text (html)
The Extent, History, and Role of Private Companies in the Delivery of Correctional Services in the United States
November 2002
Policy Study 302
By Geoffrey F. Segal
» Full Study (.pdf)
Weighing the Watchmen: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Outsourcing Correctional Services
Part 2: Reviewing the Literature on Cost and Quality Comparisons
January 2002
Policy Study 290
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Adrian T. Moore
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary
Weighing the Watchmen: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Outsourcing Correctional Services
Part 1: Employing a Best Value Approach to Procurement
January 2002
Policy Study 289
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Adrian T. Moore
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary
Emerging Options for Youthful Offenders: Utilizing Public-private Partnerships to Offer Hope, New Direction for Troubled Youth
December 2000
E-Brief 106
By Geoffrey Segal
» Full Text (html)
Private Prisons: Quality Corrections at a Lower Cost
April 1998
Policy Study 240
By Adrian T. Moore
» Full Study (.pdf)
No Choices Left Behind: Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
December 2006
Policy Study 354
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Analysis of California's Proposition 88: Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
October 2006
Policy Brief 56
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
Is Universal Preschool Beneficial? An Assessment of RAND Corporation's Analysis and the Proposals for California
May 2006
Policy Study 345
By Christopher F. Cardiff and Edward Stringham
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
May 2006
Policy Study 344
By Darcy Olsen with Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
February 2006
Policy Brief 42
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
Driving More Money into the Classroom: The Promise of Shared Services
October 2005
Policy Study 339
By William D. Eggers, Lisa Snell, Robert Wavra, and Adrian T. Moore
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
California's K-12 Education Primer
May 2005
Policy Brief 40
By Lisa Snell
» Full Brief (.pdf)
School Accountability Reforms Only Work With Parental Involvement
March 2005
Policy Update 34
By Chuck Poochigian
» Full Text (.pdf)
School Violence and No Child Left Behind: Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
January 2005
Policy Study 330
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Press Release
Addition and Subtraction: State and Local Regulatory Obstacles to Opening a New Private School
December 2004
Policy Study 329
By Bahaa Seireg
» Full Study (.pdf)
Special Education Accountability: Structural Reform to Help Charter Schools Make the Grade
July 2004
Policy Study 319
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Child Advocacy Centers: One Stop on the Road to Performance-based Child Protection
June 2003
Policy Study 306
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Education Management Organizations: Growing a For-profit Education Industry with Choice, Competition, and Innovation
May 2002
Policy Brief 21
By Guilbert C. Hentschke, Scot Oschman, and Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
School Vouchers As A Legal Sanction
December 2001
Policy Study 284
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Revenue and Results: How Student Achievement Gains Can Save the Private Education Industry
October 2001
Policy Update 10
By Lisa Snell
» Full Text (.pdf)
Workplace Charter Schools: Florida Blazes the Trail
May 2001
E-Brief 114
By Lisa Snell
» Full Text (.pdf)
Response to Bush Education Plan: School Vouchers are Needed to Enforce Bush's Accountability Program
January 2001
E-Brief 110
By Lisa Snell
» Full Text (html)
Innovative School Facility Partnerships: Downtown, Airport, and Retail Space
December 2000
Policy Study 276
By Matthew D. Taylor and Lisa Snell
» Full Study (html)
Private Options to Help Students Read
December 2000
Policy Brief 14
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Child-Welfare Reform and the Role of Privatization
October 2000
Policy Study 271
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (html)
Balancing Accountability and Local Control: State Intervention for Financial and Academic Stability
March 2000
Policy Study 268
By Richard Seder
» Full Study (.pdf)
Remedial Education Reform: Private Alternatives to Traditional Title I
March 2000
Policy Study 266
By Lisa Snell
» Full Study (html)
Child Protection at the Crossroads: Child Abuse, Child Protection, and Recommendations for Reform
October 1999
Policy Study 262
By Susan Orr, Ph.D.
» Full Study (html)
Satellite Charter Schools: Addressing the School Facilities Crunch Through Public Private Partnerships
April 1999
Policy Study 256
By Richard C. Seder
» Full Study (html)
Blueprint for the Privatization of Child Welfare Services
December 1998
Policy Study 248
By Conna Craig, Ted Kulik, Tim James, and Shamim Nielsen
» Full Study (html)
Pennsylvania School Finance: Out of the Courts, Into the Legislature
October 1998
Policy Brief 10
By Richard C. Seder
» Full Study (.pdf)
Bilingual Education: Reading, Writing & Rhetoric
May 1998
By Richard C. Seder
» Full Study (.pdf)
School Violence Prevention: Strategies to Keep Schools Safe
October 1997
Policy Study 234
By Alexander Volokh with Lisa Snell
» Full Study (.pdf)
Alternative Teacher Organizations: Evolution of Professional Associations
September 1997
Policy Study 231
By David W. Kirkpatrick
» Full Study (html)
Charter School Innovations: Keys to Effective Charter Reform
July 1997
Policy Study 228
By Theodor Rebarber
» Full Study (html)
Using Contractors to Cook, Clean, and Drive the Bus
December 1996
Policy Study 221
Edited by Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
The Education Innovators: Inspiring Words from Can Do Educators
December 1996
Policy Study 220
Edited by Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (.pdf)
Meeting the Challenge: How the Private Sector Serves Difficult to Educate Students
August 1996
Policy Study 212
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Total Costing for School Transportation Service: How the San Diego City Schools Missed the Bus
December 1995
Policy Study 199
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Given the Choice: A Study of the PAVE Program and School Choice in Milwaukee
January 1995
Policy Study 183
By Janet R. Beales and Maureen Wahl
» Full Study (html)
Teacher, Inc.: A Private Practice Option for Educators
October 1994
Policy Study 181
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Doing More with Less: Competitive Contracting for School Support Services
September 1994
Policy Study 179
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
School Voucher Programs in the United States: Implications and Applications for California
February 1994
Policy Study 172
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Making Schools Work: Contracting Options for Better Management
November 1993
Policy Study 169
By Janet R. Beales and John O'Leary
» Full Study (html)
Special Education: Expenditures and Obligations
July 1993
Policy Study 161
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Satellite Schools: The Private Provision of School Infrastructure
January 1993
Policy Study 153
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Survey of Education Vouchers and Their Budgetary Impact on California
August 1992
Policy Study 144
By Janet R. Beales
» Full Study (html)
Public Private Partnerships: The Private Sector and Innovation in Education
July 1992
Policy Study 142
By Anna David
» Full Study (html)
Analysis of California's Proposition 90: The Protect Our Homes Act
October 2006
Policy Brief 54
By Leonard C. Gilroy, AICP
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
Statewide Regulatory Takings Reform: Exporting Oregon's Measure 37 to Other States
April 2006
By Leonard C. Gilroy
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Press Release
Reason Amicus Brief
November 2005
Protect Ohio Homes
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Restricting Eminent Domain: Model State Statutory Language & Local Ordinance/Charter Provision
July 2005
By Reason Foundation
» Full Text
Eminent Domain, Private Property, and Redevelopment: An Economic Analysis
February 2005
Policy Study 331
By Samuel Staley and John P. Blair
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary
» Press Release
Are Hydrogen Cars Good for America?
November 2007
Policy Study 363
By William J. Korchinski
» Full Text (.pdf)
» Press Release
Fueling America: How Hydrogen Cars Affect the Environment
November 2004
Policy Study 322
By William J. Korchinski
» Full Study (.pdf)
A Federal Ethanol Mandate: Is it Worth it?
November 2003
Policy Study 315
By Matthew McCormick, Scott Freifeld, and Lynne Kiesling
» Full Study (.pdf)
Movin' Juice: Making Electricity Transmission More Competitive
September 2003
Policy Study 314
By Lynne Kiesling and Adrian T. Moore
» Full Study (.pdf)
Standard Market Design in Wholesale Electricity Markets: Can FERC’s Proposed Structure Adapt to the Unknown?
November 2002
Policy Study 301
By Lynne Kiesling And Brian Mannix
» Full Study (.pdf)
Electric Cooperatives and a Changing Power Industry: How Outdated Statutes Short-circuit Competitive Markets
August 2002
Policy Study 296
By Lynne Kiesling and Terri Kandalepas
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Pocket Points (.pdf)
Getting Electricity Deregulation Right: How Other States and Nations Have Avoided California's Mistakes
February 2001
Policy Study 281
By Lynne Kiesling
» Full Study (.pdf)
Powering Up California: Policy Alternatives for the California Energy Crisis
February 2001
Policy Study 280
By Adrian T. Moore and Lynne Kiesling
» Full Study (.pdf)
Integrating Municipal Utilities into a Competitive Electricity Market
May 2000
Policy Study 270
By Adrian T. Moore with Jeff Woerner
» Full Study (html)
Muni Power Grabs: Municipal Utilities, Tax-exempt Debt, and the Competitive Market
November 1999
E-Brief 103
By Adrian Moore, with Jeff Woerner
» Full Text (html)
Federal Power: The Case for Privatizing Electricity
March 1996
Policy Study 201
By Douglas A. Houston
» Full Study (html)
Toward Resolving The Access Issue: User Ownership Of Electric Transmission Grids
August 1991
Policy Study 129
By Douglas A. Houston
» Full Study (.pdf)
Public vs. Private: Alternative Ownership Scenarios for Electric Utilities
June 1990
Policy Study 121
By Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer
» Full Study (.pdf)
Privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority
October 1988
Policy Study 106
By Douglas A. Houston
» Full Study (.pdf)
Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition
March 2008
Policy Study 367
By Skaidra Smith-Heisters
» News Release
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Are Hydrogen Cars Good for America?
November 2007
Policy Study 363
By William J. Korchinski
» Full Text (.pdf)
» Press Release
The Bald Eagle's Worst Enemy: How Federal Law Pits Landowners Against Eagles
June 2007
Policy Brief 64
By Brian Seasholes
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
» Facts & Figures: The Bald Eagle and Endangered Species Act (.pdf)
The Bald Eagle, DDT, and the Endangered Species Act: Examining the Bald Eagle's Recovery in the Contiguous 48 States
June 2007
Policy Brief 63
By Brian Seasholes
» Full Brief (.pdf)
» Press Release
» Facts & Figures: The Bald Eagle and Endangered Species Act (.pdf)
Funding the National Park System: Improving Services and Accountability with User Fees
April 2005
Policy Study 325
By Adam B. Summers
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Digging Our Way Out of the ANWR Morass: A Performance-Based Approach to Protecting Habitat and Managing Resources
March 2005
Policy Update 37
By Michael De Alessi
» Full Text (.pdf)
Conservation Through Private Initiative: Harnessing American Ingenuity to Preserve Our Nation’s Resources
January 2005
Policy Study 328
By Michael De Alessi
» Full Study (.pdf)
» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Press Release
Catching the Aquaculture Wave
December 2004
Policy Study 327
By Michael De Alessi
» Full Study (.pdf)
Alternate Framework for the US Commission on Ocean Policy
April 2004
Policy Brief 29
By Michael De Alessi
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Overcoming Three Hurdles to IFQs in US Fisheries
April 2004
Policy Brief 28
By Michael De Alessi, et al
» Full Brief (.pdf)
Saving Endangered Species Privately: A Case Study of Earth Sanctuaries, Ltd.
August 2003
Policy Study 313
By Michael De Alessi
» Full Study (.pdf)
Removing Muck with Markets: A Case Study on Pollutant Trading for Cleaner Water
August 2003
Policy Brief 24
By Michael De Alessi
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Low-level Chemical Exposure Unlikely to Disrupt Endocrine System
April 2002
Plain English Guide 5
By Joel Schwartz
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Protecting the Children: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Children's Environmental Health
June 2001
Policy Study 283
By Gail Charnley, Ph.D.
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Managing for Performance at the EPA
January 2001
Policy Study 279
By Carl DeMaio, Project Director
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Phthalates and Human Health: Demystifying the Risks of Plastic-Softening Chemicals
July 2000
Plain English Guide 2
By Kenneth Green, D. Env.
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Environmental Performance at the Bench: The EPA's Record in Federal Court
May 2000
Policy Study 269
By Jonathan H. Adler
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Environmental Flexibility in Action: A Minnesota Case Study
January 2000
Policy Study 265
By Christopher Hartwell and David W. Riggs
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A Six-point Environmental Flexibility Checklist
September 1999
E-Brief 102
By Christopher A. Hartwell
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Seeking Safety in a Dangerous World: Environmental Risk Reduction Framework for Policymakers
August 1999
Policy Study 261
By Kenneth Green, D. Env.
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Simplify, Simplify: Alternative Environmental Permitting at the State Level
February 1999
Policy Study 253
By Christopher A. Hartwell
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Environmental Information: The Toxics Release Inventory, Stakeholder Participation, and the Right to Know - Part II
December 1998
Policy Study 247
By Alexander Volokh, Kenneth Green, and Lynn Scarlett
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Environmental Information: The Toxics Release Inventory, Stakeholder Participation, and the Right to Know - Part I
December 1998
Policy Study 246
By Alexander Volokh, Kenneth Green, and Lynn Scarlett
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Race to the Top: The Innovative Face of State Environmental Management
February 1998
Policy Study 239
By Alexander Volokh, Lynn Scarlett, and Scott Bush
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Putting Envirnomental Comparative Risk Assessment Into an Economic Framework
August 1997
Policy Study 229
By Richard McCann
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Buying Green: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment
November 1996
Policy Study 217
By Julian Morris and Lynn Scarlett
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Punitive Damages and Environmental Law: Rethinking the Issues
September 1996
Policy Study 213
By Alexander Volokh
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The Environmental Impact of Soil Contamination: Bioavailability, Risk Assessment and Policy Implications
August 1996
Policy Study 211
By Raymond C. Loehr
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Environmental Enforcement: In Search of Both Effectiveness and Fairness
August 1996
Policy Study 210
By Alexander Volokh and Roger Marzulla
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Key Issues in Environmental Risk Comparisons
May 1996
Policy Study 205
By George M. Gray
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Cleaning Up Superfund: The Case for State Environmental Leadership
September 1995
Policy Study 195
By Dr. J. Winston Porter
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Variable-Rate or Pay-as-you-throw Waste Management: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
July 2002
Policy Study 295
By Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D.
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Extended Producer Responsibility: Reexamining its Role in Environmental Progress
June 2002
Policy Study 293
By Joel Schwartz and Dana Joel Gattuso
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Privatizing Landfills: Market Solutions for Solid-waste Disposal
May 2000
Policy Study 267
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Adrian T. Moore
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Packaging, Recycling, and Solid Waste
June 1997
Policy Study 223
By Lynn Scarlett
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Nationwide Diversion Rate Study: Quantitative Effects of Program Choices on Recycling and Green Waste Diversion
October 1996
Policy Study 214
By Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D.
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Solid Waste Management: A Guide for Competitive Contracting for Collection
September 1996
How-to-Guide No. 16
By Lynn Scarlett and J.M. Sloan
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How Government Building Codes and Construction Standards Discourage Recycling
March 1996
Policy Study 202
By Alexander Volokh
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Recycling Hazardous Waste: How RCRA has Recyclers Running Around in CERCLAS
October 1995
Policy Study 197
By Alexander Volokh
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The FDA vs. Recycling: Has Food Packaging Law Gone Too Far?
October 1995
Policy Study 196
By Alexander Volokh
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Solid Waste Recycling Costs: Issues and Answers
August 1995
Policy Study 193
By Lynn Scarlett
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Redesigning CERCLA Liability: An Analysis of the Issues
April 1995
Policy Study 187
By Kathleen Segerson
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Garbage by the Pound: On the Streets
February 1995
Policy Study 184
By Lisa A. Skumatz
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Variable Rates for Municipal Solid Waste: Implementation, Experience, Economics, and Legislation
June 1993
Policy Study 160
By Lisa A. Skumatz
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Mandates or Incentives? Comparing Packaging Regulations with User Fees for Trash Collection
May 1993
Policy Study 158
By Lynn Scarlett
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Too Little Too Late? Host Community Benefits and Siting Solid Waste Facilities
April 1993
Policy Study 157
By Rodney Fort and Lynn Scarlett
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Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man?
March 1992
Policy Study 137
By Ken Chilton
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Integrated Waste Management: Rethinking Solid Waste Problems and Policy Options
May 1991
Policy Study 128
By Lynn Scarlett
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Managing America's Garbage: Alternatives and Solutions (Working Paper)
September 1989
Policy Study 115
By Lynn Scarlett
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Statewide Growth Management and Housing Affordability in Florida
October 2007
By Leonard C. Gilroy, Samuel R. Staley, and Sara Stedron
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Statewide Regulatory Takings Reform: Exporting Oregon's Measure 37 to Other States
April 2006
Policy Study 343
By Leonard C. Gilroy
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» Press Release
New Approaches to Affordable Housing
May 2005
By Chris Fiscelli
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Eminent Domain, Private Property, and Redevelopment: An Economic Analysis
February 2005
Policy Study 331
By Samuel Staley and John P. Blair
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» Policy Summary
» Press Release
Affordable Housing in Monterrey County: Analyzing the General Plan Update and Applied Development Economics Report
August 2004
Policy Study 323
By Benjamin Powell, Edward Stringham, and Adam Summers
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Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work? Evidence from Los Angeles County and Orange County
June 2004
Policy Study 320
By Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham
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Housing Supply and Affordability: Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work?
April 2004
Policy Study 318
By Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
» Talking Points (.pdf)
Great Rail Disasters: The Impact of Rail Transit on Urban Livability
February 2004
Policy Study 317
By Randal O'Toole
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Are We Paving Paradise?
January 2004
Policy Brief 17
By Randal O'Toole
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Transportation Costs and the American Dream
September 2003
Policy Brief 25
By Randal O'Toole
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Smart Growth in Action, Part II: Case Studies in Housing Capacity and Development from Ventura County, California
May 2003
Policy Study 311
By Geoffrey Segal, William Fulton, Susan Weaver, and Lily Okamura
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San Jose Demonstrates the Limits of Urban Growth Boundaries and Urban Rail
March 2003
Policy Study 309
By Adrian T. Moore and Randall O’Toole
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Busway vs. Rail Capacity: Separating Myth from Fact
February 2002
Policy Update 16
By Peter Samuel
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Smart Growth in Action: Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County
January 2002
Policy Study 288
By William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory, and Jeff Jones
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Smart Growth and Housing Affordability: Evidence from Statewide Planning Laws
January 2002
Policy Study 287
By Samuel R. Staley and Leonard C. Gilroy
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Urban Sprawl and Quality Growth in Ohio
December 2001
By Samuel R. Staley and Matthew Hisrich
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Older Suburbs: Crabgrass Slums or New Urban Frontier?
October 2001
Policy Study 285
By Joel Kotkin
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» Policy Summary (.pdf)
Market-oriented Approaches to Growth: Outsmarting Sprawl's Impacts
August 2001
Policy Brief 20
By Samuel R. Staley
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Giving a Leg Up to Bootstrap Entrepreneurship: Expanding Economic Opportunity in America's Urban Centers
February 2001
Policy Study 277
By Samuel R. Staley, Howard Husock, David J. Bobb, Sterling Burnett, Laura Creasy, and Wade Hudson
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The Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart-growth Agenda
January 2000
Policy Brief 12
By Samuel R. Staley
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The Future of the Center: The Core City in the New Economy
November 1999
Policy Study 264
By Joel Kotkin
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A Line in the Land: Urban-growth Boundaries, Smart Growth, and Housing Affordability
November 1999
Policy Study 263
By Samuel R. Staley, Jefferson Edgens, and Gerard Mildner
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Urban-Growth Boundaries and Housing Affordability: Lessons from Portland
October 1999
Policy Brief 11
By Samuel R. Staley
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“Urban Sprawl” and the Michigan Landscape: A Market-Oriented Approach
September 1999
By Samuel R. Staley
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The Sprawling of America: In Defense of a Dynamic City
January 1999
Policy Study 251
By Samuel R. Staley
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Regulatory Reform at the Local Level: Regulating for Competition, Opportunity, and Prosperity
February 1998
Policy Study 238
By Adrian T. Moore and Tom Rose
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Market Oriented Planning: Principles and Tools
November 1997
Policy Study 236
By Samuel R. Staley and Lynn Scarlett
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Repairing the Ladder: Toward a New Housing Paradigm
July 1996
Policy Study 207
By Howard Husock
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California Rent Controls: Winners And Losers
October 1991
Policy Study 133
By Thomas W. Hazlett
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Land Use Reform Through Performance Zoning
May 1990
Policy Study 120
By William D. Eggers
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Rail Disasters 2005
June 2005
Policy Study 336
By Randal O'Toole
» Full Study (.pdf)
Past Performance vs. Future Hopes: Will Urban Rail Improve Mobility in North Carolina?
June 2004
Policy Study 321
By Ted Balaker
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» Policy Summary
Great Rail Disasters: The Impact of Rail Transit on Urban Livability
February 2004
Policy Study 317
By Randal O'Toole
» Full Study (.pdf)
San Jose Demonstrates the Limits of Urban Growth Boundaries and Urban Rail
March 2003
Policy Study 309
By Randal O'Toole
» Full Study (.pdf)
Busway vs. Rail Capacity: Separating Myth from Fact
February 2002
Policy Update 16
By Peter Samuel
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Does Transit Really Work? Thoughts on the Weyrich/Lind "Conservative Reappraisal"
September 1999
E-Brief 101
By Peter Gordon
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Urban Transit Myths: Misperceptions About Transit and American Mobility
September 1998
Policy Study 245
By Randal O'Toole
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Myths of Light Rail Transit
September 1998
Policy Study 244
By James V. DeLong
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Rethinking Transit "Dollars and Sense": Unearthing the True Cost of Public Transit
August 1998
Policy Study 243
By John Semmons
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Rubber Tire Transit: A Viable Alternative to Rail
August 1997
Policy Study 230
By Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II
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Ten Transit Myths: Misperceptions About Rail Transit in Los Angeles and the Nation
November 1996
Policy Study 218
By Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II
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Why Rail Will Fail: An Analysis of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Range Plan
August 1996
Policy Study 209
By Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II
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Annual Privatization Report 2008
August 2008
Edited by Leonard C. Gilroy
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» Press Release
CSI for Real: How to Improve Forensic
Science
December 2007
Policy Study 364
By Roger Koppl
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Measure 50: Are Tobacco Taxes The Answer To Funding Children's Health Programs?
October 2007
Policy Brief 65
By Skaidra Smith-Heisters
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Streamlining San Diego: Achieving Taxpayer Savings and Government Reforms Through Managed Competition
September 2007
By Geoffrey F. Segal, Adam B. Summers, Leonard C. Gilroy, and W. Erik Bruvold
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» Press Release
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