The study develops an analytical model of emissions markets equipped with a safety valve mechanism. It examines the regulator’s control of emission reductions by emitters by setting two policy parameters: emission targets and trigger prices. We show that the capabilities of these two policy tools are greatly affected by uncertainty regarding unconstrained aggregate emissions. We also show that ...

There is an increasing rhetoric from politicians for universities to become more involved in policy analysis and policy research. In this article, we reflect on our experiences of the analysis we conducted into the legislation to introduce biometric identity cards in the United Kingdom. We highlight how our work had direct consequences for the ongoing policy deliberation around this controversi...

The author develops the basic idea of evaluation policy, describes a practical model for development and revision of evaluation policies (including a taxonomy, structure, and set of principles), and suggests critical challenges and opportunities for the future of evaluation policy. An evaluation policy is any rule or principle that a group or organization uses to guide its decisions and actions...

The impact of next-generation sequencing (NGS) on the issue of return of results is defying clear policy guidance and creating international confusion. Limiting ourselves to the return of results revealed by NGS (including incidental findings) in adults, children, family members of deceased individuals, and population studies, we describe and contrast emerging policy positions in Europe, Canada...

This paper analyses the problem of specifying a security policy for organizations. First, various issues related to the problem of an adequate and rigorous specification of a security policy are outlined in a context where security requirements usually remain informal and are difficult to satisfy. Then, it is proposed to use a logical language, previously studied in the literature, that seems t...

There are strong theoretical arguments for the creation of advance-purchase agreements to increase incentives for the development and production of vaccines for diseases concentrated in low-income countries. A Center for Global Development working group recently concluded that such agreements could be implemented successfully. We consider the practical economic and legal arrangements for such a...

Purpose: The lack of agility in the structure of non-governmental schools has led the researcher to find a practical model for non-governmental schools, and the analysis of the policy system of non-governmental schools should be comprehensive and comprehensive according to Article 110 of the Constitution. The main purpose of this research is to provide a model for policy-making in the non-gover...

Research in the pre-paradigmatic, applied scientific field of entrepreneurship is characterized mainly as exploratory. This article advocates for a considerable shift toward a more effective applied research agenda. An applied research program is proposed based on modifications to a Lakatosian research program. The agenda extends beyond typical calls for more replication work to include a focus...

There has been slow progress with finding practical solutions to health systems corruption, a topic that has long languished in policy-makers “too difficult tray.” Efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) provide a new imperative for addressing the long-standing problem of corruption in health systems making fighting corruption at all levels and in all its for...

BACKGROUND To improve knowledge utilization in policymaking, alignment between researchers and policymakers during knowledge production is essential, but difficult to maintain. In three previously reported case studies, we extensively evaluated complex research projects commissioned by policymakers to investigate how alignment is achieved in a research process and to discover ways to enhance kn...