Abstract The goal of this paper is to provide insights into how scientific evidence can be used for policymaking and put evidence-based agriculture food policies at the top research policy agendas. We illustrate in a targeted manner better present an overview rich set ex-ante ex-post evaluation methods tools that agricultural economists use evaluating decisions. both established new/emerging ap...

Returns to agricultural research are of significant interest funding bodies and administrators. Ex-ante economic analyses have increasingly formed part decision-making process allocating funds proposals. ex-ante required present rankings governments agencies for comparing the impact Although important, there is no consistent guidelines scientists practitioners follow in New Zealand. The study a...

The paper starts with a brief review of some criticisms of the Peer Review system – labelled ex-ante topdown PR system – for the evaluation of academic works. The critiques are grouped into efficiency and effectiveness criteria. It then goes on to analyse the roles of Peer Review and how good the system is at fulfilling those roles. The paper then proposes an alternative system for evaluation o...

Accounting for individual-level heterogeneity in the response to treatment is a major development in the econometric literature on program evaluation. A substantial body of empirical evidence demonstrates that econometric models fit on individual-level data manifest heterogeneity in treatment effects that is present even after conditioning on observables. An important distinction is the one bet...

In this paper we investigate the effects of biased decision evaluation in a simple two-period political agency model. We assume that voters are subjected to hindsight bias in their judgment about a politician’s ability to take appropriate decisions. High ability is defined as an informational advantage over voters as to the welfare maximizing policy, creating incentives for low-ability politici...

This paper examines alternative approaches to wage subsidy programs. It does this in the context of a recent active labour market reform for the young unemployed in Britain. This “New Deal” reform and the characteristics of the target group are examined in detail. We discuss theoretical considerations, survey the existing empirical evidence and propose two strategies for evaluation. The first s...

The aim of this study was to examine the validity of dental records for the identification of unidentified human remains. The sample is composed of 100 subjects selected randomly from the Dental College of King Saud University. Information retrieved from dental records, including charting, radiograph findings and dental progress notes were used as ante-mortem data. The subjects were further cli...