Books in the RFF Policy and Governance Set series

"Collective Decision Making: Applications from Public Choice Theory".

Describes and criticizes the regulatory policies of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Explores the decision-making processes that surround environmental issues and provides realistic models for making policy decisions.

Presents a discussion of key decisions Alaskans must make and a case study of problems of public finance and policy that accompany shifts in power.

"Science & Resources: Prospects and Implications of Technological Advance".

Intends to revolutionize ways of thinking about regulatory decision-making. This shows that statistical methodologies can be used to determine what factors are important in the establishment of government regulation by developing a mathematical model of the regulatory process and agency behavior.

Economic models are used to show the extent of the difficulties involved in monitoring and enforcing pollution control laws on a continual basis. This title makes several recommendations for policy change. It shows that high rates of compliance can be achieved within tight budget constraints.

Offers a theory of compliance and authority that would be applicable to behavior concerning economic contracts, law, enforcement, and international relations. This title examines the problem of compliance in centralized (for example, national and state laws) and decentralized (international treaties) systems.

Analyzes the extent to which the voters of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah are concerned about problems associated with development and the extent to which state senators respond to voters' concerns.

Addresses the problems of determining the implications of different environmental standards and public policies by investigating their effect on industrial costs and resource use within linear-programming framework.

"Representative Government and Environmental Management".

"Regional Conflict and National Policy".

Examines the courts' interpretation of NEPA in its first three years, defeats and successes of citizens' actions in key cases, and implication of court rulings for the act's future effectiveness.

States that the mortality rate in the US could shrink by 7 per cent with a similar if not greater decline in disease incidence if industries followed EPA regulations in cutting back on certain pollutant emissions. This title claims that this reduction is sufficient to add one year to average life expectancy.