Federal

Ellen Schall and the Department of Juvenile Justice

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This "Innovations in State and Local Government" case begins in January 1983, when Ellen Schall is appointed commissioner of New York City's Department of Juvenile Justice, an agency in...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as...

Cable Wars (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of...

Cable Wars

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of...

Energy Emergency Assistance

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

When the 1979 revolt in Iran disrupted that country's oil exports, the US government responded to the reduced availability of fuel by controlling both price and allocation. Some analysts...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions...

Selling the Reorganization of the Post Office

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In 1969, President Nixon's Postmaster General, Winton Blount, set out to reorganize the Post Office by turning it into a government corporation. Aware that the Congress and the postal unions...

Note on the EPA Under Administrator Anne Gorsuch

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In February 1981, newly inaugurated President Ronald Reagan nominated Anne Gorsuch to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her charter was to bring the Reagan...