Community Policy Analysis Modeling
Community Policy Analysis Modeling
Daniel M. Otto, Steven C. Deller, Thomas G. Johnson
Hardcover
287 pages
July 2006
The proposed work outlines and documents a set of community level analytical tools and procedures to assist local decision-making processes. The major goals of the work are to provide a reference for future community policy modeling and analysis efforts, and to provide a group of examples of applications of modeling.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Community Policy Analysis Modeling.
Chapter 2 New Governance and the Changing Face of Rural America.
Chapter 3 Patterns of Local Government Activities in the United States.
Chapter 4 A National Infrastructure for Community Policy Analysis.
Chapter 5 The Philosophy Underlying Community Policy Models.
Chapter 6 Modeling the Local Labor Market.
Chapter 7 Modeling the Public Sector.
Chapter 8 The Show-Me Community Policy Analysis Model.
Chapter 9 The Iowa Economic/Fiscal Impact Modeling System.
Chapter 10 The Great Basin Fiscal Impact Model.
Chapter 11 SAFESIM: The Small Area Fiscal Estimation Simulator.
Chapter 12 Data Issues.
Chapter 13 Software Development and Utilization.
Chapter 14 Evaluating the Performance of Community Policy Models.
Chapter 15 Scenario Development in Community Policy Analysis Models: When is a Cost Actually a Benefit?.
Chapter 16 Applications of Community Policy Analysis Models: Three Case Studies
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