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Trends and Innovations in Public Policy Analysis
Author(s) -
Carlson Deven
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00389_2.x
Subject(s) - policy analysis , public policy , field (mathematics) , political science , quality (philosophy) , public economics , public administration , economics , epistemology , law , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
This essay identifies three notable advances that have influenced the field of public policy analysis in recent years: the move toward social experimentation, the use of meta‐analysis and Monte Carlo simulation in benefit‐cost analysis, and the rise of institutional actors that promote the practice and dissemination of high‐quality policy analysis. In addition to describing each of these innovations, this essay discusses how each of these advances has affected the practice of public policy analysis.