Private regulation governs how organs from cadavers are allocated. This process led to a change in the rules that more clearly define public and private roles. Several liver transplant centers prompted the Organ ...

The authors investigate how the Food and Drug Administration uses advisory committees in the approval of drugs and medical devices. Such committees may share policy expertise or help legitimize agency positions. Advisory ...

To conduct a cost-benefit analysis for social policies related to physically or psychologically addictive goods such as tobacco or gambling, the authors propose an adjustment to consumer surplus, the difference ...

The creation of institutions that foster objective policy analysis can be eased if the organizations emphasize resources that include reputations of neutral competence, independence, use of professional norms, ...

Private regulation of transplant organs instead of traditional control by a government agency may surprise some observers, but the practice lends itself to quick decision-making by experts and lets the politicians ...

The author explores whether an evidence-based governance arrangement based on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network be applied to Medicare through a sketch of MedSAVE, an organization that would set reimbursement ...

The State and County Correctional Partnership proposes providing Wisconsin counties with annual block grants and imposing fees for state prison time served by felons who commit less serious crimes. This policy change ...