Policy Studies

Overhauling U.S. Airport Security Screening

Responsibility for passenger and baggage screening should be devolved from TSA to individual airports

Policy Brief by Robert Poole and Shirley Ybarra July 9, 2013

Does California Really Need Major Land Use and Transportation Changes to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets?

Policy Brief by Thomas A. Rubin July 3, 2013

20th Annual Highway Report

State-by-state highway performance and cost-effectiveness rankings

Policy Study by David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields and Adrian Moore July 2, 2013

Crony Capitalism and Community Development Subsidies

Do commmunity development subsidies actually result in community development? Or have they been captured by vested interests?

Policy Brief by Anthony Randazzo and Victor Nava June 11, 2013

Leasing the Indiana Toll Road

Reviewing the First Six Years Under Private Operation

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy and David Aloyts May 31, 2013

Weighted Student Funding for California

Three Reasons Governor Brownâ??s School Funding Plan is Better than the Status Quo and Three Big Ideas to Make the Plan Even Better

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell May 31, 2013

High-Speed Rail in Europe and Asia: Lessons for the United States

The evidence suggests that high-speed railâ??s limited success in Europe and Asia is not transferrable to the U.S.

Policy Study by Baruch Feigenbaum May 30, 2013

Savings for Fresno: The Role of Privatization

As Fresno navigates budget challenges, privatization can lower costs and put performance, results first

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy and Adrian Moore May 29, 2013

Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections

Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines criminal justice and corrections trends

Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy and Alexander Volokh May 6, 2013

Developments in Local Government Privatization

Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines local government privatization trends

Policy Study by Adam Summers and Steven Titch May 6, 2013

Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education

Education chapter of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013

Policy Study by Katie Furtick and Lisa Snell April 29, 2013

Developments in State Government Privatization

Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines privatization trends at the state level

Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell April 22, 2013

Spectrum Policy: Wireless Market Needs the FCC to Get On With Reallocating Spectrum

Fair, open auctions are the best way to reallocate spectrum

Policy Brief by Steven Titch April 16, 2013

Federal Privatization Update

Annual Privatization Report examines privatization and public-private partnership trends at the federal level

Policy Study by Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo, Steven Titch and Victor Nava April 15, 2013

California High-Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report

The California high-speed rail project cannot be delivered at the cost promised to taxpayers, is based upon a business plan incapable of delivering on its legal requirements and is justified by proponents based upon unachievable benefits

Policy Study by Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore April 11, 2013

Transportation Priorities for North Carolina

Twenty cost-effective recommendations for the Tar Heel State

Policy Study by David T. Hartgen, M. Gregory Fields, Robert Poole, Baruch Feigenbaum and Leonard Gilroy April 3, 2013

The Case for Air Traffic Control Facility Consolidation

A paradigm shift in air traffic control that will make it possible to manage air traffic from anywhere to anywhere

Policy Study by Robert Poole April 3, 2013

The Dangers of Misapplied Privacy Policies to Search, Social Media and Other Web Content

Let markets shape how consumers choose to interact with websites

Policy Study by Steven Titch March 28, 2013