Policy Analysis

Policy analysis is the systematic assessment of policy alternatives to a particular public problem or issue. Our policy analysis tool kit is extensive and, in our research for solutions to public policy issues, we include:

Process or implementation studies
Social experimentation and program evaluation
Cost-benefit analysis
Forecasting, risk-assessment, efficiency modeling
Constrained optimization methods such as linear or multi-objective goal programming

Faculty Members

Shahzeen Z. Attari Associate Professor	sattari@indiana.edu (812) 855-1467	Human behavior and resource use Environmental psychology Social dilemmas
Sanya Carley Professor	scarley@indiana.edu (812) 856-0920	Energy Policy and Economics Electricity Markets Applied Econometrics Policy Instruments Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Energy-based Economic Development
Beth Cate Clinical Associate Professor	becate@indiana.edu (812) 855-0563	Data governance and regulation Intellectual property Constitutional law and Supreme Court decision making Religion in public life and governance
Daniel H. Cole Professor	dancole@indiana.edu (812) 855-2426	Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Economics Property and Polish Law
Brian L. DeLong Senior Lecturer	brdelong@indiana.edu (812) 856-7585	National and international security policies from an argumentation, rhetorical, and critical cultural perspective
Sameeksha Desai Associate Professor	desai@indiana.edu (812) 856-4647	Entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development policy Political economy and allocation of entrepreneurship in areas of political instability, conflict, and disaster Postconflict reconstruction Social entrepreneurship
Aaron Deslatte Assistant Professor	adeslatt@iu.edu	'Public managers and metropolitan governance Sustainable economic and community development of local governments
Denvil R. Duncan Associate Professor	duncande@indiana.edu (812) 855-7493	Public Economics Labor Economics Economic Development
James Farmer Associate Professor	jafarmer@indiana.edu (812) 856-0969	Community food systems and sustainable agriculture Natural resources and protected areas conservation/sustainability Environmental and sustainable behavior Rural landscapes and people
Seth Freedman Associate Professor	freedmas@indiana.edu (812) 855-5054	Health Economics Public Economics Labor Economics
David Good Associate Professor	good@indiana.edu (812) 855-4556	Quantitative policy modeling Productivity measurement in public and regulated industries Urban policy analysis
John D. Graham Professor	grahamjd@indiana.edu (812) 855-1432	Government reform Energy and the environment The future of the automobile in both developed and developing countries Presidential studies
Bradley T. Heim Executive Associate Dean	heimb@indiana.edu (812) 855-9783	Impact of income taxes on individual behavior Impact of audits on tax compliance Affordable Care Act and labor market outcomes Causes of increasing income inequality
Diane S. Henshel Associate Professor	dhenshel@indiana.edu (812) 855-4556	Ecological and human health effects of pollutants and chemicals Holistic and cumulative ecosystem, human health, and ecosystem services risk/vulnerability assessment and modeling Risk communication Sustainability modeling Cyber security risk assessment modeling
Alex J. Hollingsworth Assistant Professor	hollinal@indiana.edu (812) 856-4647	Health economics Regulation Environmental economics
David Konisky Professor	dkonisky@indiana.edu (812) 855-6990	Environmental politics and policy Regulation and compliance Public opinion on energy and climate change State politics and policy
Kerry Krutilla Professor	krutilla@indiana.edu (812) 855-0492	Theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis Environmental and natural resource modeling and policy evaluation
Antung Anthony Liu Assistant Professor	aaliu@indiana.edu (812) 856-4647	Climate change policy Environment in developing countries Pollution issues and the interactions between the environment and the economy in China
Siân Mooney Dean	simoon@iu.edu (812) 855-1432	Environmental change Economics and policy Greenhouse gases
Ashlyn Aiko Nelson Associate Professor	ashlyn@indiana.edu (812) 855-0732	Causes and consequences of inequality in housing and education Social justice School finance Housing finance
Alberto Ortega Assistant Professor	alorte@iu.edu	Race and ethnicity Economics of education Social and health policy
Maureen A. Pirog Rudy Professor Emeritus of Policy Analysis	pirog@indiana.edu (812) 855-0732	Poverty and income maintenance with emphasis on child support enforcement Welfare reform Adolescent parenting Methods of policy evaluation
Daniel Preston Clinical Associate Professor	prestond@indiana.edu (812) 856-4925	International Affairs Poverty Alleviation Corporate and Public Sector Strategy Country Competitiveness Financial Markets Economic Development Education Good Governance and Policy Analysis
Kenneth R. Richards Professor	kenricha@indiana.edu (812) 855-1461	Domestic and International Climate Change Policy Environmental Policy Implementation Carbon Sequestration Economics and Law Energy Law U.S. Forest Service Organizational Design and Management
Barry M. Rubin Professor Emeritus	rubin@indiana.edu (812) 855-4556	Urban and regional economic development and impact analysis State-level energy policy analysis and modeling State-level impacts of global climate change Quantitative analysis of local government management and labor relations issues Statistics and quantitative methods Econometric modeling Strategic planning and management
John A. Rupp Clinical Associate Professor, O'Neill	rupp@indiana.edu (812) 855-1323	Subsurface Geology Unconventional Reservoir Analysis Carbon Sequestration Fracking, induced seismicity, oil, gas, petroleum History of oil and gas in Indiana Stratigraphy
Jennifer Silva Assistant Professor	jensilv@iu.edu	Political culture Social class and inequality Qualitative methods Family and intimate life
Daniel Simon Associate Professor	simond@indiana.edu (812) 856-0492	Competition and Firm Strategy Customer Satisfaction Policy Analysis
Kosali Simon Herman B Wells Endowed Professor	simonkos@indiana.edu (812) 856-3850	Health economics and policy The impact of state and federal regulations attempting to ease the availability of private and public health insurance for vulnerable populations Health and labor market outcomes
Coady Wing Associate Professor	cwing@indiana.edu (812) 855-0563	Health and Social Policy Regulation of Labor Markets Causal Inference Applied Econometrics
Joanna Woronkowicz Assistant Professor	jworonko@indiana.edu (812) 855-0401	Nonprofit management Urban development Cultural policy Capital facilities investments Applied econometrics Survey methods
J. Landon Yoder Assistant Professor	yoderl@indiana.edu (812) 856-7290	Human dimensions of environmental change Institutional analysis and collective action Farmer adoption of conservation practices Collaborative watershed governance
C. Kurt Zorn Professor	zorn@indiana.edu (812) 855-0563	State and Local Finance Transportation Safety Economic Development Gaming Policy

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