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Ten commandments for policy economists

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  • Christopher K. Leman
  • Robert H. Nelson

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The incorporation of economic approaches into policymaking requires special skills on the part of the economist. This article examines the use of economics in government as illustrated by the experience of the natural resources agencies. It presents ten guiding rules for the practicing policy economist: (1) be economical about the use of economics; (2) discount for political demand; (3) dare to be “quick-and-dirty”; (4) think like a manager; (5) analyze equity as well as efficiency; (6) know your market; (7) pay your organizational dues; (8) profit from action-forcing events; (9) do not oversell economic analysis; and (10) learn policy economics by doing it.

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  • Christopher K. Leman & Robert H. Nelson, 1982. "Ten commandments for policy economists," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 1(1), pages 97-117.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:1:y:1982:i:1:p:97-117
    DOI: 10.2307/3324112
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    1. Batie, Sandra S., 1990. "Translating Your Economic Analysis Into Relevant Policy Information," 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada 270737, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    2. Ng, Yew-Kwang, 2018. "Ten rules for public economic policy," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 32-42.
    3. Gäfgen, Gérard, 1987. "Formen und Erfolgsbedingungen wissenschaftlicher Beratung der Wirtschaftspolitik," Discussion Papers, Series I 232, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics.
    4. Peter V. Schaeffer & Scott Loveridge, 2009. "Regional Science and State Rural Policy Research," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 32(4), pages 509-522, October.
    5. Dennis Coates & Victoria Heid & Michael Munger, 1994. "Not equitable, not efficient: U.S. policy on low-level radioactive waste disposal," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(3), pages 526-538.
    6. Urbán, László, 1995. "Közcélú szabályozás hatáselemzése. (Public policy elemzés) [Public policy analysis]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(3), pages 270-278.
    7. Unknown, 1988. "1988 January," CWAE Newsletter, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE), pages 1-16, January.
    8. Aymo Brunetti, 2018. "On economists as policy advisors with applications to Switzerland," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, vol. 154(1), pages 1-5, December.

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