Cases

California Water Pricing

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...

Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

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,...

Saving the Tuolumne

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,...

Controlling Acid Rain, 1986

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...

George Shultz and the Polygraph Test

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...

Environmental Protection Agency: Ruckelshaus Returns

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...

Marie Nicole Thompson

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...

Recruiting Policies for the US Army

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...

Great Engine War (Abridged)

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...

Great Engine War

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...

Policy Advocacy: The Case of the Family Assistance Program (Part B: Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

On August 8, 1969, President Nixon announced a plan to revamp the nation's public welfare system by abolishing the 35-year-old AFDC program and replacing it with his Family Assistance Plan, which would guarantee a $1,600 annual income for a...

Shaping the National Military Command Structure: Command Responsibilities for the Persian Gulf

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

The fall of the Shah of Iran in February 1979 brought to the fore long-standing dissatisfaction with the adequacy of US military power in the Persian Gulf region. Among military leaders and advisers there were two principal sources of concern:...