MRS Increases Communication with U.S. Policy Makers

Communication of Uncertainty in Spatial Data to Policy Makers

There is increasing interest in the spatial aspects of many policy decisions. To be valid decision-malung tools it is important that maps not only convey what is known, but also where the uncertainties lie. This paper reports the results of tests conducted to assess the ability of various methods of error representation to accurately assist interpretation of maps. The work uses the predicted su...

Human Rights in US Foreign Policy

Export Subsidies versus Export Quotas with Incompletely Informed Policy Makers ∗

This paper analyzes export subsidies (price incentives) and export quotas (quantity controls) in the Brander-Spencer (1985) model when policy makers have limited information on demand and cost structures. We examine necessary or sufficient information for policy makers to determine the right policies. It is crucial that they know the elasticity values of the slope of the inverse demand curve an...

Policy options to deal with high-cost medicines – survey with European policy-makers

Background The affordability and financing of new, frequently high-cost, medicines pose challenges to governments world-wide. In Europe, the continual introduction of new premium-priced medicines is of special concern and requires adapted policy options. The aim of the study was to survey whether and which pricing and reimbursement policy options European countries have implemented for new prem...

When policy makers begin hearing voices

One year ago, the Indian population stood at 1.027 billion, with 320 million Indian people (especially in rural areas) living below the Government of India’s official poverty line. Five hundred million people in India live on less than US$1/day, representing one third of the world’s poor people. India’s successes in poverty alleviation will seriously affect international success with internatio...