Policy Studies

Checking up on smog-check

A Critique of Traditional Inspection and Maintenance Programs

Policy Study by Kenneth P. Green February 1, 1997

Using Contractors to Cook, Clean, and Drive the Bus

Policy Study by Janet R. Beales December 1, 1996

The Education Innovators

Inspiring Words from Can Do Educators

Policy Study by Janet R. Beales December 1, 1996

Buying Green

Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

Policy Study by Julian Morris and Lynn Scarlett November 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

Privatizing Federal Research and Development Laboratories

Policy Study by Joseph P. Martino November 1, 1996

Delivering Services for the Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled

A Consumer Choice Model

Policy Study by Richard H. Dougherty and William D. Eggers October 1, 1996

Nationwide Diversion Rate Study

Quantitative Effects of Program Choices on Recycling and Green Waste Diversion

Policy Study by Lisa Skumatz October 1, 1996

Defederalizing Transportation Funding

Policy Study by Robert Poole October 1, 1996

Solid Waste Management

A Guide for Competitive Contracting for Collection

How-to-Guide by Lynn Scarlett and Joe Sloan September 1, 1996

Airport Privatization Pilot Program

Policy Brief by Robert Poole September 1, 1996

Punitive Damages and Environmental Law

Rethinking the Issues

Policy Study by Alexander Volokh September 1, 1996

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

Meeting the Challenge

How the Private Sector Serves Difficult to Educate Students

Policy Study by Janet R. Beales August 1, 1996

The Environmental Impact of Soil Contamination

Bioavailability, Risk Assessment and Policy Implications

Policy Study by Raymond C. Loehr August 1, 1996

Environmental Enforcement

In Search of Both Effectiveness and Fairness

Policy Study by Alexander Volokh and Roger J. Marzulla August 1, 1996

A Guide For Divesting Government-Owned Enterprises

How-to-Guide by Henry Gibbons July 1, 1996

Repairing the Ladder

Toward a New Housing Paradigm

Policy Study by Howard Husock July 1, 1996