Week 7, Assignment 3

Assignment 3: Prescribing Policies

PAD 520- Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

Mitchell S. Zellner

Dr. Shelley Taylor

February 22, 2015

1. Determine the following before deciding a prescription:

(a) Maximize effectiveness at the least cost; Problems of this type involve variable costs and variable effectiveness. For instance, the choice of a most favorable budget to make the most of the accomplishment of agency objectives is a type III problem. The reaction to type III problems is called variable-cost-variable-effectiveness examination.

(b) Maximize effectiveness at a fixed cost of 10,000; when maximum acceptable budgetary expenditure aims at fixed costs, the motto is to maximize effectiveness within the limits of existing resources. For instance,...