Policy Studies

Expanding Airport Capacity

Getting Privatization Off The Ground

Policy Study by William H. Payson and Steven A. Steckler June 1, 1992

Expanding Slot Gaming in California

A Business Analysis

Policy Study by Jeffrey C. Hooke and Thomas A. Firey October 1, 2004

Housing Supply and Affordability

Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work?

Policy Study by Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham April 1, 2004

Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work? Evidence from Los Angeles County and Orange County

Policy Study by Benjamin Powell and Edward Stringham June 1, 2004

Affordable Housing in Monterrey County

Analyzing the General Plan Update and Applied Development Economics Report

Policy Study by Benjamin Powell, Edward Stringham and Adam Summers August 1, 2004

The Catastrophe of What Passes for Alcohol Policy Analysis

What costs does alcohol impose on California's taxpayers?
Policy Brief 78

Policy Brief by Edward Stringham May 12, 2009

Managing for Performance at the EPA

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio January 1, 2001

Managing for Results at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A Report to the 43rd President and 107th Congress

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio February 1, 2001

Designing a Performance-based Competitive Sourcing Process for the Federal Government

37 Proposed Changes to Regulations and Approaches to Competing and Outsourcing Commercial Activities in Government

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio, Adrian Moore and Vincent Badolato October 1, 2002

Citizens’ Budget

How to Balance CA Budget without Tax Increases

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio, Adrian Moore, Adam Summers, Geoffrey Segal, Lisa Snell, Vincent Badolato and George Passantino April 1, 2003

Smart Growth in Action

Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County

Policy Study by William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory and Jeff Jones January 1, 2002

Getting Electricity Deregulation Right

How Other States and Nations Have Avoided California's Mistakes

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling February 1, 2001

Electric Cooperatives and a Changing Power Industry

How Outdated Statutes Short-circuit Competitive Markets

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Terri Kandalepas August 1, 2002

Standard Market Design in Wholesale Electricity Markets

Can FERC's Proposed Structure Adapt to the Unknown?

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Brian Mannix November 1, 2002

Movin’ Juice

Making Electricity Transmission More Competitive

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Adrian Moore September 1, 2003

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

Why Rail Will Fail

An Analysis of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Range Plan

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. August 1, 1996

Ten Transit Myths

Misperceptions About Rail Transit in Los Angeles and the Nation

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. November 1, 1996