Recent Policy Research
Recent Research by Policy Area
Education Policy
Environmental Policy
Health Policy
The Legal System
Nonprofit Policy and Management
Public Management
Social and Urban Policy
Transportation Policy and Planning
Education Policy
Gary Painter and David Levine (2000). "The NELS Curve: Replicating The Bell Curve with the National Education Longitudinal Survey." Industrial Relations.
Gary Painter and David Levine (2000). "Family Structure and Youths' Outcomes: Which Correlations are Causal?" Journal of Human Resources.
Desmond Saunders–Newton and R. Rasmussen (2000). Enrollment of Los Angeles Unified School District Seniors in California Public Colleges and Universities: Years 1987–1998. Los Angeles City Board of Education Report.
Environmental Policy
Daniel Mazmanian and Daniel Press (2000). "Understanding the Transition to a Sustainable Economy." In Norman Vig and Michael Kraft (eds.), Environmental Policy, 4th Ed., CQ Inc.
Shui Yan Tang and C.P. Tang (2000). " Democratizing Bureaucracy: The Political Economy of Environmental Impact Assessment and Air Pollution Fees." Comparative Politics.
Daniel Mazmanian and Michael Kraft (1999). Toward Sustainable Communities: Transitions and Transformations in Environmental Policy. The MIT Press.
Daniel Mazmanian and Doris Andrea Fuchs (1998). "The Greening of Industry: Needs of the Field." Business Strategy and the Environment.
James Moore, et al (1998). "Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT): Urban Environmental Sustainability — A Multidisciplinary Doctoral Education Program." Grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education.
Robert Stallings, E.L. Quarantelli, ed. (1998). "Disaster and the Theory of Social Order." What Is a Disaster? Perspectives on the Question. London: Routledge.
Shui Yan Tang, V. Prakash, and C.P. Tang (1998). "Local Enforcement of Pollution Control Regulations in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Guangzhou, Delphi, and Taipei," Journal of Public Policy.
Daniel Mazmanian and Daniel Press (1997). "The Greening of Industry: Achievements and Potential." In Norman Vig and Michael Kraft (eds.), Environmental Policy In the 1990s, 3rd ed., CQ Inc.
Robert Stallings (1997). "Neighborhood Retention Following the Northridge Earthquake, or Expectations Unfulfilled: What Was and What Could Have Been." Presented at the California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering Northridge Earthquake Research Conference.
Robert Stallings (1997). "Sociological Theories and Disaster Studies." Newark, Delaware: Disaster Research Center Preliminary Paper.
Health Policy
James Ferris and Elizabeth Graddy (2000). "Healthcare Philanthropy in California: Assessing the Landscape of Health Grantmaking." Contract from The California Endowment.
Jack Zwanziger, Glenn Melnick, and Anil Bamezai (2000). "The Effect of Selective Contracting on Hospital Costs and Revenues." Health Services Research.
Jack Zwanziger, Glenn Melnick, and Anil Bamezai (2000). "Can Cost Shifting Continue in a Price Competitive Market." Health Economics.
Michael Nichol et al (2000). "Anti–Psychotic Drug Use Patterns and the Cost of Treating Schizophrenia." Psychiatric Services.
Elizabeth Graddy (1999). "Church and Community: Hospital Mergers and Women's Access to Reproductive Services." Grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Glenn Melnick, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger (1999). "Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different?" Health Affairs.
Anil Bamezai, Jack Zwanziger, Glenn Melnick, Joyce Mann (1999). "Price Competition and Hospital Cost Growth in the United States (1989 — 1994)." Health Economics.
Emmett Keeler, Glenn Melnick, and Jack Zwanziger (1999). "The Changing Effects of Competition on Non–Profit and For–Profit Hospital Pricing Behavior." Journal of Health Economics.
Michael Nichol and ASM Harada (1999). "Measuring the Effects of Medication Use on Health–Related Quality of Life in Patients With Arthritis: A Review." PharmacoEconomics.
Michael Nichol, G. Liu, and T. Nguyen (1999). "An Economic Analysis of Prophylactic Antimicrobials For Tranurethral Resection of the Prostate." Clinical Therapeutics.
Michael Nichol (1998-1999). "A Study Assessing Patient Evaluation and Cost–Minimization of an Over–the–Counter Antimigraine Mediation in a Managed Care Population." Grant from Bristol–Myers Squibb.
Michael Nichol et al (1998). "The Kaiser Permanente/USC Patient Consultation Study: The Use and Costs of Health Services." American Journal of Health–Systems Pharmacy.
The Legal System
Elizabeth Graddy (2001). "Juries and Unpredictability in Products Liability Damage Awards." Law & Policy.
Elizabeth Graddy (1997). "Compensation, Damages, and Functional Form in Tort Liability Research." Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science and Technology.
Desmond Saunders–Newton, et al (1997). The Operation and Impact of Juvenile Corrections Services in Virginia. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Report: Richmond, VA.
Nonprofit Policy and Management
James Ferris (2000-01). "California Foundations: A Baseline Analysis." Grant from The James Irvine Foundation.
James Ferris, Elizabeth Graddy, et al. (2000). "Urban Problem–Solving: Intersectoral Partnerships." Grant from The Urban Initiative, USC.
James Ferris and Elizabeth Graddy (1999). "Structural Changes in the Hospital Industry, Charity Care, and the Nonprofit Role in Health Care." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
Glenn Melnick, Emmett Keeler, and Jack Zwanziger (1999). "Market Power and Hospital Pricing: Are Nonprofits Different?" Health Affairs.
James Ferris (1998). "The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in a Self–Governing Society." Voluntas.
Public Management
Juliet Musso, Christopher Weare, and Matt Hale (2000). "Designing Web Technologies for Local Governance Reform: Good Management or Good Democracy?" Political Communication.
Desmond Saunders–Newton & H. Scott (2000). "But the Computer Said!...A Typology for Using Computational Modeling Methods in Public Sector Decision–Making." Social Science Research Review.
Desmond Saunders–Newton (2000). "Analysis in Support of a 'Herd of Felines': Simulation, Outcome Measurement and Pluralistic Decision-Making." Proceedings for the Summer Computer Simulation Conference.
LaVonna Blair–Lewis (1999). "Policy Domains and Interest Group Representation." Presented at the Fifth National Public Management Conference, College Station, Texas.
Desmond Saunders–Newton with G. Rest & W. Turnage (1999). "Convergent Policy Analysis: The Role of Methodological Preponderance in Assessing the Impact of Waste Facility Management on Minority Communities in Virginia." New Directions in Evaluation: Legislative Program Evaluation.
Christopher Weare, Juliet Musso, and Matt Hale (1999). "Electronic Democracy and the Diffusion of Municipal Web Pages in California." Administration and Society.
Juliet Musso (1999). "Finding the Individual: The Spirit of Public Administration." Public Administration Review.
Joseph S. Wholey (1999). "Quality Control: Assessing the Accuracy and Usefulness of Performance Measurement Systems." In Harry P. Hatry, Performance Measurement: Getting Results (Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute).
Joseph S. Wholey (1999). "GPRA: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects." The Public Manager.
Joseph S. Wholey (1999). "Performance–Based Management: Responding to the Challenges." Public Productivity and Management Review.
James Ferris and Elizabeth Graddy (1998). "A Contractual Framework for the New Public Management Theory." International Public Management Journal.
Shui Yan Tang and S. Kwon, (1998). "Reinventing Government: A Critique From an Institutional Perspective." International Journal of Public Administration.
Joseph S. Wholey (1998). "Assessing Performance Measurement Systems." The Public Manager.
Joseph S. Wholey (1997). "Clarifying Goals, Reporting Results." In Debra J. Rog and Deborah Fournier (eds.), Progress and Future Directions in Evaluation, New Directions for Evaluation.
Social and Urban Policy
Nitan Bhatt, Gary Painter, and Shui Yan Tang (2001). "Nurturing Microcredit Programs in the U.S.: The Challenges of Outreach and Sustainability." Fannie Mae Monograph.
Stuart Gabriel, Dowell Myers, and Gary Painter (2001). "Race, Immigrant Status, and Housing Tenure Choice." Journal of Urban Economics.
Juliet Musso (2001). "The Political Economy of City Formation in California: Limits to Tiebout Sorting." Social Science Quarterly.
Gary Painter (2001). "Low–Income Housing Assistance: Its Impact on Labor Force and Housing Program Participation." Journal of Housing Research.
Gary Painter and Shui Yan Tang (2001). "The Microcredit Challenge: A Survey of Programs in California." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
Robert Stallings (2001). "Resurrecting Simmel's Form and Content: Disasters, Epidemics, Terrorism, and Other Calamities." Presented at the 5th European Conference of Sociology, Helsinki.
Nitan Bhatt, Gary Painter, and Shui Yan Tang (1999). "Can Microcredit Work in the United States?" Harvard Business Review.
Terry Cooper and Juliet Musso (1999). "The Potential For Neighborhood Council Involvement in American Metropolitan Governance." International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior.
Juliet Musso (1999). "Federalism and Community Governance: Can Los Angeles Neighborhoods Help Govern Gargantua?" Public Administration Theory and Praxis.
Nitan Bhatt, and Shui Yan Tang (1998). "The Problem of Transaction Costs in Group–Based Microlending: An Institutional Perspective." World Development.
Gary Painter (1997). "Does Variation in Public Housing Waiting Lists Induce Intra–Urban Mobility?" Journal of Housing Economics.
Transportation Policy and Planning
James Moore, Thomas A. Rubin, and Shin Lee (2001). "Market Based Transportation Alternatives for Los Angeles." Planning and Markets.
Genevieve Giuliano, James Moore, and J. Golob (2000). "An Integrated Fare System Using Smartcards: Results From a Field Operational Test." Transportation Research Record.
Genevieve Giuliano and James Moore (1999) "Metro Freeway Service Patrol Impact on Freeway Accidents." Grant from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Genevieve Giuliano (1999) "Land Use and Transportation: Why We Won't Get There From Here." Transportation Research Circular.
Genevieve Giuliano and K. Small (1999). "The Determinants of Growth of Employment Subcenters." Journal of Transport Geography.
Geunyoung Kim, James Moore, and Rong Xu (1999). "An Analysis of Seasonality and Long Term Trends in Los Angeles Highway Traffic Volumes." Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies.
Thomas Rubin, James Moore, and Shin Lee (1999). "Ten Myths About U.S. Rail Transit Systems." Transportation Policy.
Genevieve Giuliano (1998). "Information Technology, Work Patterns and Intrametropolitan Location: A Case Study." Urban Studies.
Genevieve Giuliano and J. Golob (1998). "Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake on Travel Behavior." Journal of Transportation Statistics.
Peter Gordon, James Moore et al. (1998-2001). "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Transportation Systems: An Integrated Methodology that Builds on the Kobe and Northridge Experiences." Grant from the National Science Foundation.
Al Ang, Peter Gordon, James Moore, and Harry Richardson (1998-2000). "Economic Engineering Integrated Models of Earthquake Risk Mitigation Strategies." Grant from the National Science Foundation.
James Moore and Genevieve Giuliano (1998). "Functional Evaluation of the Los Angeles Smart Card Field Operational Test." Transportation Research.
Genevieve Giuliano and A. Gillespie (1997). "Research Issues Regarding Societal Change and Transport." Journal of Transport Geography.