User:Bradfowd/Books/Public Policy Analysis I - Volume 1

A Curated Selection of Brief Summaries

 * Introduction
 * Policy
 * Policy analysis
 * Program evaluation


 * Labor Markets and Minimum Wages
 * Supply and demand
 * Labour economics
 * Minimum wage


 * The Problem of Causal Inference
 * Natural experiment
 * Quasi-experiment
 * Randomized controlled trial
 * Rubin causal model
 * Difference in differences


 * Consumer Theory - Utility and Revealed Preference
 * Consumer choice
 * Utility
 * Indifference curve
 * Demand curve
 * Revealed preference


 * Market Equlibrium and Welfare
 * Economic equilibrium
 * Economic surplus
 * Welfare economics
 * Pareto efficiency
 * Deadweight loss


 * General Equiibrium and Trade
 * General equilibrium theory
 * Edgeworth box
 * Competitive equilibrium
 * Production–possibility frontier
 * Comparative advantage
 * Gains from trade


 * CBA and CEA
 * Cost–benefit analysis
 * Cost-effectiveness analysis
 * Cost–utility analysis
 * Present value


 * Externalities
 * Externality
 * Value of life
 * Pigovian tax
 * Regulation
 * Coase theorem


 * Uncertainty and Choice
 * Expected utility hypothesis
 * Risk aversion
 * Loss aversion
 * Diversification (finance)
 * Moral hazard


 * Time in Choice
 * Intertemporal choice
 * Discounting
 * Discounted utility
 * Hyperbolic discounting


 * Biases to Consider for Regulation
 * Endowment effect
 * Framing effect (psychology)
 * Hedonic treadmill
 * Anchoring
 * Nudge theory
 * Behavioural Insights Team


 * Imperfect Information
 * Information asymmetry
 * Adverse selection
 * The Market for Lemons


 * Application - The Food and Drug Administration
 * Pure Food and Drug Act
 * Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
 * New drug application (FDA)
 * Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act
 * Abbreviated New Drug Application
 * Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997
 * Prescription Drug User Fee Act


 * Public Goods
 * Public good
 * Free rider problem
 * Tragedy of the commons
 * Lindahl tax


 * Price Controls
 * Price controls
 * Price ceiling
 * Price floor
 * Unintended consequences