Politics

Deciding to Use Force in Grenada

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In late October 1983, United States military forces landed on the Caribbean island-nation of Grenada—the first time U.S. forces had intervened in their own hemisphere in a generation. The United States' immediate concern was the safety of...

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...

Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 l/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 l/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 1/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 1/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

City of Austin Electric Power and Light System and the South Texas Nuclear Project (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The City of Austin's public power authority has invested in the South Texas Nuclear Project in anticipation of growth in electricity demand. The nuclear project has fallen on hard times and city officials must decide whether to default on...

City of Austin Electric Power and Light System and the South Texas Nuclear Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

The City of Austin's public power authority has invested in the South Texas Nuclear Project in anticipation of growth in electricity demand. The nuclear project has fallen on hard times and city officials must decide whether to default on...