Cases

  • Teaching Case - California Water Pricing

    California Water Pricing

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In many parts of California, water districts set prices so that agricultural users pay far less than residential users and far less than the true cost of water. While the adoption of a marginal cost pricing system would bring enormous efficiency...

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

    Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

    $2.45

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne

    Saving the Tuolumne

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Teaching Case - Controlling Acid Rain, 1986

    Controlling Acid Rain, 1986

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    This case is designed to support a discussion of how to apply an economic evaluation of the appropriate level of control of an externality to a real problem with incomplete information of uncertain quality and high political stakes. It sketches...

  • Teaching Case - George Shultz and the Polygraph Test

    George Shultz and the Polygraph Test

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    Shortly before Christmas 1985, Secretary of State George Shultz publicly threatened to resign over a pending administration directive that would have required thousands of government employees with access to highly classified information to...

  • Teaching Case - Environmental Protection Agency: Ruckelshaus Returns

    Environmental Protection Agency: Ruckelshaus Returns

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This case summarizes the plethora of problems William Ruckelshaus faced when he returned to EPA in 1983 after the controversial Gorsuch years. Budget, personnel, organizational and program-related issues are outlined as well as assessments by...

  • Teaching Case - Marie Nicole Thompson

    Marie Nicole Thompson

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    Marie Nicole Thompson has recently joined the planning department in the small city of Southport. Although the new job is well-suited to Thompson's talents and she works well with her superiors in the department, she has encountered series...

  • Teaching Case - Recruiting Policies for the US Army

    Recruiting Policies for the US Army

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This case offers a (fictionalized) look at the responsibilities of a staff officer in the office of the Army deputy chief of staff for personnel as that office prepares for the advent of the all-volunteer Army. The all-volunteer Army raised...

  • Teaching Case - Great Engine War (Abridged)

    Great Engine War (Abridged)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...

  • Teaching Case - Great Engine War

    Great Engine War

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This case provides a detailed account of a competition between Pratt and Whitney and General Electric fostered by the US Air Force for a $17 billion contract to build fighter engines. The case presents background on the Air Force's contractual...